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Re: [DISC] Shortcircuit eBay?
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lugnet.market.auction
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Tue, 27 Apr 1999 14:54:27 GMT
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lpien@/Spamcake/ctp.iwantnospam.com
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Martin Legault wrote:
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> In lugnet.market.auction, John DiRienzo writes:
> > Hi Lego auction enthusiasts,
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> > I want to give this idea below some consideration. I had an auction end
> > last night where the bidder who had the high bid for five days was outbid
> > with forty seconds remaining. Needless to say, he was upset, and said he
> > was willing to pay over $50 above the final bid.
> <snip>
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> If he was willing to pay 50$ more wy didn't he put his proxy 50$ more in the
> first place?
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 again, which has been thoroughly
discredited from my perspective.
--
Larry Pieniazek http://my.voyager.net/lar
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| Larry, I realize that this has been hashed out before, but I must put this in: The reason that it doesn't work is that you don't know how much you have to spend until the auctions close and whether or not you bought something and drained your bank (...) (26 years ago, 27-Apr-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: [DISC] Shortcircuit eBay?
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| (...) <snip> If he was willing to pay 50$ more wy didn't he put his proxy 50$ more in the first place? By snipping at the end of an auction give you the chance of winning the bid for lest money. Bidder A put a bid of 50$ with proxy of 100$ 3 day (...) (26 years ago, 27-Apr-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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