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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 (...) (24 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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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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(...) proxy maximum. (...) 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. (...) (24 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) But that would be evil, as many people won't bid on an item if the price is already too high... And of course, as seller I'd probably be suspicous and annoyed. And finally, I refuse to believe that Todd is evil anyhow. :) Wasn't there a whole (...) (24 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) proxy maximum. (...) 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. (...) (24 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) It's worth at least that. I wouldn't pay less. But more practically, if it's going to end up going for more than that, I want to know early on and not at the last minute. It's frustrating when things go up by tiny little steps over several (...) (24 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) He could retract his $50 bid, but he's evil and he also wouldn't be that foolish. (...) At $50, it's still underpriced. I don't see how the seller could get upset. It's at $71 now. (...) Ahh, sounds like I should dig that up and look it (...) (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)
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(...) Not true, Scott! I have two eBay IDs - one for lego only, and one for acappella and other items. Both were created with the same email address. Paul Sinasohn (24 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) (duuurp) LOL, darn dropped-double-negatives...that should say, "...but he's not evil, nor would he be that foolish [to post publicly about something and also to use an obivous e-mail address and then go do that]." --Todd (24 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) still (...) While talking to oneself in the third person, one must never forget to not contradict oneself with triple negatives. Else one might find oneself in a loony ben. fut .o-t.fun -Shiri (24 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I remembered (incorrectly, it sounds like) that there once long ago was two text-entry fields -- one for a hard bid and one for a soft bid. I was surprised, confused, and horrified to see the first box go away [sic]. (...) 1. Because it's (...) (24 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) Are you sure you aren't thinking of serious collector, didn't they use the two boxes like you are thinking? Paul (24 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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Paul Sinasohn <bearitone@my-deja.com> wrote in message news:Ft9tLJ.4J5@lugnet.com... (...) addresses. I (...) items. (...) Really. I only ever use my e-mail address to logg on - not my id. How would it know which is which? Scott A (...) (24 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) I only log in using the IDs. Much of the time I don't bother logging in.... Paul Sinasohn (24 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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If the auction is in the format of "going-1, going-2, sold", a new bid will extend the auction for at least one more day, so you may want to place a high hard bid, to save everybody time. This does not apply to the auctions at ebay, which has a hard (...) (24 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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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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Hi Dave, I work on the premise that the days of finding a bargain on ebay are long gone so if you have a realistic bid on an item, you will tend not to have to many bidders to compete with. You don't rely on an item that starts at a dollar and is (...) (24 years ago, 21-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) Personally, I don't like this practice. There's a psychology to auctions that's being circumvented with this type of practice. Someone may look at an item and say "I won't bid on that because it's only been up one day and is already at (...) (24 years ago, 21-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) Hehe... just like the frog experiment that they mention in that volcano movie (1)... they say "if you put a frog in boiling water, the frog'll jump right out. But if you put the frog in cool water and warm them slowly, the frog will stay and (...) (24 years ago, 21-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Dante's Peak, darlin'. Pierce Bronson was in it. I guess a pot of boiling water isn't as bad as a microwave >:-O -Chris (24 years ago, 21-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) That's it! Thanks! -Shiri (24 years ago, 21-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Hehehe... you're so evil, hon'... A microwave... sheesh... try putting the poor guy in an oven, why don't ya?! ;-) -Shiri (24 years ago, 21-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) It was bad enough cleaning out the microwave, an oven would really suck! (Give me a break, I was 14 and me and my cousin had too much spare time on our hands!) -Chris (24 years ago, 21-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) <grin> Tell me you're kidding... please-oh-please say you're kidding... -Shiri (24 years ago, 21-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) (Give (...) Sorry, true story! Terrible, aint I? -Chris (24 years ago, 21-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Aw, man... I can't stop laughing but that's horrible... :-) Poor frog... LOL... (I just hate it when what I know is wrong is just so dang funny.... ;-) -Shiri (24 years ago, 21-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Ahh, don't worry about it. Me AND my cousin got quite a punishment when my mom came home. It was his fault anyways,...I wanted to shove some firecrackers up his, uh, posterior!!! JUST KIDDING, JUST KIDDING! (Grin, duck, and run!) -Chris (24 years ago, 21-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Shiri, (...) thing! (...) Dante's peak, perhaps? Scott S. -- Scott E. Sanburn Systems Administrator-Affiliated Engineers -> (URL) Page -> (URL) Soon: The Sanburn Systems Company (24 years ago, 21-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I take it back. Under the assumption that they're no longer available, they might be worth that, but it looks as though they might still be available for free: (URL) (24 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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