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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 (...) (27 years ago, 6-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.auction)  

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