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Re: Ebay Query
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lugnet.market.auction
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Mon, 15 Apr 2002 23:22:35 GMT
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In lugnet.market.auction, Tim David writes:
> Can anyone tell me how people manage to bid 1 cent more than me to win auctions.
> e.g
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> made_of_stone (2) £10.01 15-Apr-02 19:46:48 BST
> talltim@hotmail.com (8) £10.00 15-Apr-02 00:10:09 BST
> talltim@hotmail.com (8) £7.00 09-Apr-02 18:58:58 BST
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> I can't remember the increment amount but 'im sure that it was more than 1
> cent. This has happened a few times to me.
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> Tim
Maybe its the maximum bid thing? Ebay only raises you're bid the lowest it
has to be- if 10.00 was your highest, and somebody had a maximum bid of,
say, 11.00, it would only raise it 1 cent over yours.
John Kruer
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| (...) It's sort of a problem with proxy bids. The way eBay enforces a minimum bid increment is that the minimum bid must be the bid increment above the current bid. Unfortunately there really isn't a better way to do it with proxies. Why? Let's say (...) (23 years ago, 15-Apr-02, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Ebay Query
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| Can anyone tell me how people manage to bid 1 cent more than me to win auctions. e.g made_of_stone (2) £10.01 15-Apr-02 19:46:48 BST talltim@hotmail.com (8) £10.00 15-Apr-02 00:10:09 BST talltim@hotmail.com (8) £7.00 09-Apr-02 18:58:58 BST I can't (...) (23 years ago, 15-Apr-02, to lugnet.market.auction)
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