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Re: Question for eBay experts
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lugnet.market.auction
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Wed, 19 Apr 2000 08:44:41 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.
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> > 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? :-(
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> eBay user agreement relevant section:
> 5.5 Manipulation. Neither bidders nor sellers may manipulate the
> price of any item nor may you interfere with other user's listings
> or
> auctions.
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> It's not shilling, but I'd call it bid manipulation.
Each account would have to be registered under different e-mail addresses. I
suppose they could check the source IP address of the bids.
BTW : If you go to real auctions, you'll find that sellers bid on there own
auctions all the time.
Scott A
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> Kevin
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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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