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Re: [DISC] Shortcircuit eBay?
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lugnet.market.auction
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Mon, 26 Apr 1999 19:54:18 GMT
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Instead, put a note in the auction text that you reserve the right not to
honor
any bid placed in the last X minutes unless placed by a previous bidder in
the same auction. You might also offer the established high-bidder - the
person who was in the top spot for most of the auction - the right to
purchase the item at the final price. I believe eBay allows you the option
to void a bidder as long as your policies and procedures are spelled out
up front.
Steve Bliss wrote:
I had an idea about how to frustrate snipers on eBay. What if I, as a
seller, made a clear announcement in an auction's text that 24 hours
before the auction closed, I would start watching the auction status.
Once the high bid was at least X minutes old, I would close the auction.
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Message has 3 Replies:
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| (...) Awesome idea! I think this is better than closing the auction unexpectedly. I did not know eBay allowed that. Might get negative feedback from your sniper, but you can very well reply to it clarifying that you did what you said you would. (26 years ago, 26-Apr-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
| | | Re: [DISC] Shortcircuit eBay?
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| Interesting. Except I'd rather not void an otherwise valid-bid. And I don't care if newcomer enters late in the game. They just have to be able to hold the bid for the X minutes required before I close the auction. Basically, I think the auction (...) (26 years ago, 26-Apr-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
| | | Re: [DISC] Shortcircuit eBay?
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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 (...) (26 years ago, 27-Apr-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | [DISC] Shortcircuit eBay?
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| I had an idea about how to frustrate snipers on eBay. I don't think I'm the first person to come up with this idea, but it hasn't been discussed much. eBay allows the seller to end the auction early. What if I, as a seller, made a clear announcement (...) (26 years ago, 23-Apr-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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