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    Re: why eBay proxy bidding is broken —Mike Poindexter
   (...) bid of $10 for fifteen identical lots with the current bid at $3. I come along and say, "Wow, look at those!" and bid $12 on one lot, Auczilla will proxy every single lot you have up to $10. That will basically cause some dissatisfaction. (...) (25 years ago, 10-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
   
        Re: why eBay proxy bidding is broken —Larry Pieniazek
     (...) I don't beleive it's a flaw or known bug, per se. It is in fact intentional behaviour. See: (URL) to readers in the distant future, that URL may not work. At the time of writing, X was the current auction... if it doesn't try whatever the (...) (25 years ago, 10-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
    
         Re: why eBay proxy bidding is broken —Larry Pieniazek
     (...) PS, this is why I have stopped bidding on ALL of a given lot type and size, even if I want most of them... let someone else's bid get bumped first. :-) (25 years ago, 10-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
   
        Re: why eBay proxy bidding is broken —Bruce Schlickbernd
   (...) Auczilla (...) I don't have a problem with Auczilla doing things that way. It saves lots of time because I assure you, if I want one of those 15 lots it saves me lots of time rather than bidding up one, followed by another, followed by.... (...) (25 years ago, 11-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
 

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