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Re: Question for eBay experts
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lugnet.market.auction
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Wed, 19 Apr 2000 06:27:07 GMT
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In lugnet.market.auction, Kevin Wilson writes:
> Todd L wrote about eBay bidding:
> > But the way it seems to work now is that there is only a single box for >a • proxy maximum.
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> 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.
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> > 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.
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> Why would you want to do that? Now you're committed to $50 even if
> no-one else bids, when you might have got it for less.
He can retrace his $50 bid since it's under a different account and still be
the high bidder under his first account for $3.50.
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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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| | Re: Question for eBay experts
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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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