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Re: Methodology: Reserve, Controlled Reserve, or No Reserve?
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Sat, 24 Apr 1999 03:59:06 GMT
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In lugnet.market.auction, dbulkley@SeriousCollector.com (Derick Bulkley)
writes:
Question to all armchair economists/sociologists/game-theorists:
(especially you, Todd ;-)

From both the stand point of the buyer, and then the seller, what are
your opinions of the following policies regarding secret reserve prices
in auctions:

1) Reserve ok, whatever the seller chooses, goes.

2) Controlled reserve - the reserve price cannot exceed the opening bid
by either $50 or 50%, whichever is greater.

3) Controlled Reserve: reserves are ok, but seller must state a "Value
Range" that brackets the reserve.  Sellers that state absurdly wide
ranges would be advised to do otherwise.

4) No reserves whatsoever.  If you insist on getting at least price X,
then they must choose X as the minimum opening bid.


4.

--Todd



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  Re: Methodology: Reserve, Controlled Reserve, or No Reserve?
 
(...) I agree. I personally don't bid on reserve price auctions until the reserve has been met because it is a waste of my time (especially if you cannot make firm bids :-)) -- Owen (26 years ago, 23-Apr-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
  Re: Methodology: Reserve, Controlled Reserve, or No Reserve?
 
(...) Yeah, I gotta agree. I understand how the same item can reach 2x the reserve if the bidding starts low and then go unsold if the minimum is the high amount the seller wants, which kinda sucks, but I still don't like reserves, either as a buyer (...) (26 years ago, 24-Apr-99, to lugnet.market.auction)

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  Methodology: Reserve, Controlled Reserve, or No Reserve?
 
Question to all armchair economists/sociologi...theorists: (especially you, Todd ;-) From both the stand point of the buyer, and then the seller, what are your opinions of the following policies regarding secret reserve prices in auctions: 1) (...) (26 years ago, 24-Apr-99, to lugnet.market.auction)

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