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Re: Bid retractions (was Re: eBay dead again)
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Date: 
Thu, 23 Mar 2000 15:47:21 GMT
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Also, bids which have been outbid should not be able to be retracted at
all unless all succeeding bids have also been retracted or canceled.

I think making bid retraction a habit is bad. However, as a seller, I'd rather
a bid was retracted than ending up in a non-payment situation.

ebay now tracks bid retractions, this guy retracted bids on SIX of my auctions
last week (see my .theory post):

http://cgi2.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback&userid=ganthos

This feedback profile shows that he has retracted bids on 18 auctions.

Scott A



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  Re: Bid retractions (was Re: eBay dead again)
 
(...) 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 (...) (24 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.auction)

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