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Re: Bid retractions (was Re: eBay dead again)
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lugnet.market.auction
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Wed, 22 Mar 2000 18:10:40 GMT
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Adam Hoekwater wrote:
> No. When the high bid is retracted, the next highest bid will only be $.50 (or
> whatever the bid increment is) above the bid BELOW it.
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> So if I bid $1.50, then you bid $30.00, then someone else bids $31.00 and
> retracts it, you only have to beat me with $2.00, so you'll drop back down to
> $2.00. I hope this isn't the absolute worst way to explain this... oh well.
Ahhh... That's really silly (or at least annoying). I wonder how many
people do this to their own benefit -- get one throwaway hotmail
account to do the retractions, then use my real account to place
the low bid...
Or maybe that was your whole point.
Ouch! I feel for you on this...
Chris
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| Christopher Lindsey <lindsey@nospam.mallorn.com> wrote in message news:38D90CA0.5B2ABF...orn.com... (...) $.50 (or (...) and (...) down to (...) well. (...) Maybe you don't even catch the barb on hook... you can't leave the retractor feedback (...) (25 years ago, 22-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Bid retractions (was Re: eBay dead again)
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| (...) No. When the high bid is retracted, the next highest bid will only be $.50 (or whatever the bid increment is) above the bid BELOW it. So if I bid $1.50, then you bid $30.00, then someone else bids $31.00 and retracts it, you only have to beat (...) (25 years ago, 22-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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