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Re: [DISC] Shortcircuit eBay?
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lugnet.market.auction
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Mon, 26 Apr 1999 21:09:22 GMT
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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 would turn into a live auction for the last
24 hours.
But, I doubt that people would keep up with intense bidding for very long.
If it looked like they were going to do so, I would check back later (like
after 30 minutes or so). Once the bidding stops, I would go ahead and
close up shop.
Steve
On Mon, 26 Apr 1999 19:54:18 GMT, "Mitchell I. Puschett"
<mpuschett@pol.net> wrote:
> 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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| (...) What if bidding is perking along at a rate just short of lasting long enough to close down, and you run off the end of the time period? Whoever has it then wins. Back to where you were before. Snipers still can win. (25 years ago, 27-Apr-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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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 (...) (25 years ago, 26-Apr-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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