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Question for eBay experts
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lugnet.market.auction
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Wed, 19 Apr 2000 04:26:38 GMT
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What happened to the dual-entry bidding boxes that used to be on eBay? I
haven't placed any bids on it since sometime in 1998, so I don't know when
this changed or even if my memories of the old way are correct, but I thought
that the way it used to work was that you would specify both a current bid and
a maximum (proxy maximum) bid. Then when your bid was accepted, the high bid
would jump to your minimum and later climb to your maximum.
But the way it seems to work now is that there is only a single box for a
proxy maximum. What happened to the other box? I just placed a bid of $50.00
on an item that was going for $1.00, and it only jumped to $3.50. I had to
create a second account under an alternate email address and then resubmit my
bid of $50.00 from that account to get the price to jump up straight to where
I wanted it to be originally.
I read the eBay User Agreement carefully and didn't see anything preventing
people from bidding under multiple accounts. And this isn't shilling so it's
not bid manipulation. Why have they removed such a useful thing? :-(
--Todd
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Message has 3 Replies:
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| Todd L wrote about eBay bidding: (...) It's been like that for as long as I've been bidding, I think - more than a year. Don't remember it being any other way,, though I may be wrong. (...) Why would you want to do that? Now you're committed to $50 (...) (24 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| (...) Read the statements they have underneath the bidding box. By entering a bid greater than the current asking price, you automatically make a proxy bid. It's much simpler than 2 boxes, but I've only been on eBay since January. (...) Right. Your (...) (24 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
| | | Re: Question for eBay experts
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| Hi Todd, All I can say is great idea, I've been bidding quite heavily on ebay lately and hate it when I come across a nice set at a ridiculously cheap bid knowing that even if I put a realistic bid on it, it won't show up until I'm outbid and will (...) (24 years ago, 21-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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