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Re: Question for eBay experts
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lugnet.market.auction
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Wed, 19 Apr 2000 15:46:41 GMT
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In lugnet.market.auction, Todd Lehman writes:
> What happened to the dual-entry bidding boxes that used to be on eBay?
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.
> 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.
Right. Your proxy is $50, but no-one else has placed a higher bid than
$3.50, so you should still be in the lead. Why are you complaining? If
no-one else bids, you get the item for $3.50!
> 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? :-(
Why on earth would you pay more than you had to? I don't understand.
Dave
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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 (...) (25 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
| | | Re: Question for eBay experts
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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 (...) (25 years ago, 21-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Question for eBay experts
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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 (...) (25 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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