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Re: shills on eBay
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 11 Feb 1999 03:35:57 GMT
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> > I think it depends on the auction format and location, but for the most
> > part I believe it falls into the "just evil" category. For those of you
> > that didn't know, if you run an eBay auction without a reserve price,
> > you *are* allowed to bid on your own auction once. Now, I can't imagine
> > any seller who would (in my not-so-humble opinion) be insane enough to
> > insult his/her buyers by doing that kind of evil instead of using a
> > reserve price auction, but then my opinions and sanity never really
> > matched up very well. :)
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> I guess the question there (eBay) is -- if you bid on your own thing on
> eBay, does it show up as a bid from you, the seller?
Honestly, I don't know, but I can't imagine it would be any other way.
> A seller bidding on his/her own item at eBay shouldn't be evil (still dumb,
> maybe, but not evil) -- *if* it's clear to all participants the it is the
> seller doing it and not some fictitious bidder. I guess it should just show
> up as though the seller is saying, "Hey, I'm raising the price on this...I
> think I set it too low."
<laughing> To me, that's the seller equivalent of the same problem I
have with griping about being outbid at the last minute. Unless some
really unusual circumstance occurs (and I say that to cover the fact
that I can't think of one right now), there's no reason for a seller to
artifically inflate the price of his or her auction after making the
commitment to sell it. The market will take care of it.
Adam
bwappo@ee.net
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| (...) I guess the question there (eBay) is -- if you bid on your own thing on eBay, does it show up as a bid from you, the seller? A seller bidding on his/her own item at eBay shouldn't be evil (still dumb, maybe, but not evil) -- *if* it's clear to (...) (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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