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Re: CFD: e-bay (aka ranting and raving)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 10 Feb 1999 12:45:15 GMT
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On Wed, 10 Feb 1999 00:41:18 GMT, Jeff Johnston <sakura@mediaone.net>
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> Trouble is, people get 'bidding fever' - they see that someone has beat their
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> bid by 'only a quarter' or some such, so they bid again...and again...and they wind
> up bidding a lot more than they originally had as their max.
The other trouble is, if I'm bidding in multiple auctions, my maximum
bid in one auction depends on what I end up spending in other auctions.
So I can't (always) put an absolute maximum bid on a lot, and then just
wait to see how it turns out.
The 'bidding gnome' is very useful, but it isn't a complete solution.
Steve
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| (...) Well...to be fair, eBay /does/ have that 'bidding gnome' thing. The idea is that you tell it the maximum you want to pay for the set, and it does the bidding for you so you don't have to watch it. This is why the final bid is usually only the (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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