 | | Re: Proxy bidding mechanics questions... —Tom Stangl
| | | | (...) This is what I see as a flaw in several of the auction scripts out there. If the opening bid is $1.00, then I bid on it, dammit I should be able to bid *$1.00*, not $1.10. It's annoying, I hope most of the people running the scripts fix it. (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
| | | | | | | | | | Re: Proxy bidding mechanics questions... —Mike Stanley
| | | | | (...) I hear you and I understand where you're coming from, especially since EveryAuction works this way, so that means both JABA and BRICKS do as well. But really, what's the big deal? If I want something to open at $1.00 I start it at $0.90 with a (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Proxy bidding mechanics questions... —Tom Stangl
| | | | | It's a perception flaw though - from the buyer's perspective, it rankles that you're already "paying more than you should have to". And once I'm a seller on BRICKS, it's going to annoy me to have to remember to lower all the opening bids ;-) (...) | (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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