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Re: Bid retractions (was Re: eBay dead again)
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lugnet.market.auction
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Thu, 23 Mar 2000 14:07:07 GMT
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In lugnet.market.auction, Carrie Whitcher writes:
> Let me tell all of you about retractions...Very interesting thing that
> occured to me on Tues. Now the guy who retracted (2x mind you!) is
> bidding on ANOTHER large lego lot...
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> Be wary of this guy, good feedback or not. When he retracts because
> his wife is having pregnancy problems and can't pay $4000
> but then turns around and bids $2200+...sounds fishy to me.
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> Anyway, I have an AWESOME lego lot to pick up this weekend in Vancouver,
> and will LYK what's exactly in it! Woo hoo!!
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> Sorry, just ranting and venting about irresponsible bidders...
I think people should have to pay a 10% penalty (10% of their bid) in order
to retract a bid. And on small amounts, the higher of 10% or $10.
--Todd
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| (...) What about missing decimal point bids? I did that once by accident. How do you assess the 10% penalty (against the actual bid or the proxy - if by the proxy, retractinc a misplaced decimal bid would cost you 10 times the max you expected to (...) (25 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Bid retractions (was Re: eBay dead again)
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| Let me tell all of you about retractions...Very interesting thing that occured to me on Tues. Now the guy who retracted (2x mind you!) is bidding on ANOTHER large lego lot... Be wary of this guy, good feedback or not. When he retracts because his (...) (25 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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