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Steve Bliss wrote in message <3725ea01.338184973@...et.com>... (...) Sorry!!!...!!! (25 years ago, 27-Apr-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) True: Then complain about e-bay to someone who can change it... e-bay!!! (25 years ago, 27-Apr-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) Intelligent adults don't abuse exclamation marks. Try again. Steve (25 years ago, 27-Apr-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) We've been through that, it doesn't hold up when there are multiple auctions being run simultaneously, read old messages for more details. (...) Why? I complain about my government, but I use it anyway. Not like I have a choice, or anything. A (...) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) I do!!! If you say something goes off sale and remove it before I get a chance to bid (or snipe), you will get negative feedback. I think most any buyer on e-bay will agree. Sometimes I see when an item goes off, and then try to log on when I (...) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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-----Original Message----- From: John DiRienzo <jdiri14897@email.msn.com> Newsgroups: lugnet.market.auction Date: Tuesday, April 27, 1999 12:33 AM Subject: Re: [DISC] Shortcircuit eBay? (...) STOP WHINING! If your buyer was willing to pay $50 above (...) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) This has been discussed in detail before. Several dozen appends right here in this very group debunk this line of reasoning, at least for a significant fraction of buyers. You might want to review that rather than repeating the same argument (...) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) Yeah, that's crap. I think I understand how SC has tried to give somewhat equal treatment to firm and proxy bids, but, in my mind, no matter what kind of bid you make, you ought to have to beat the previous high bid by the minimum increment. (...) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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One other thing -- the 'established high-bidder' approach requires the seller to analyze and know who is the 'established high-bidder'. In most auctions, this wouldn't be a problem. Just check once a day, and see who's got the item. But if there was (...) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) This is a problem in my idea, but I don't think it would actually come into play in real life. I'm assuming X is relatively short, like 5-10 minutes. But even if it is relatively long, like 1-2 hours, I wouldn't expect that bidders could keep (...) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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