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Re: ebay ened an auction before it was time
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Thu, 6 Apr 2000 15:46:23 GMT
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In lugnet.market.auction, Lawrence Wilkes writes:
<shnip>
Of course, who knows what problems the Internet explorer cache might
introduce. Perhaps I did look at that item last week without remembering (I
honestly cant remember doing that though), and by some means it was pulling it
out of the cache.

I've run across this from time to time.  As far as I can tell, eBay will
continue to list a canceled or prematurely-closed auction until it's original
ending date goes by.  It *might* be a bug, but I suspect it is to discourage
frivoulous cancelations by making you look like a bozo for several days.
<tongue firmly in cheek>

James
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(...) No, I never looked at it before until last night. And even if I did bookmark it, it doesnt explain why I was selecting it from the browse list but it was showing me the wrong auction details. I tried refreshing, shutting my broswer, even (...) (25 years ago, 6-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.auction)  

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