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Re: shills on eBay
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 11 Feb 1999 04:14:40 GMT
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cjc@newsguy.IHATESPAMcom
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Adam Yulish <bwappo@ee.net> wrote:
> 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. :)
I would never shill.
I did put a reserve price on the auction, though. Maybe one that is
too high, given the slow bidding, but then again most eBay bidding
takes place in the last few hours/minutes.
I used to hate reserve prices, and I still don't like them very much.
But when it comes right down to it, I made several very public
statements about being willing to sell or trade that 6274 and had no
real takers. I'd like to convert the 6274 to cash but below a certain
amount it isn't worth it to me to sell it - I'd rather keep it because
it is cool.
And the way eBay's system is setup, if I list my item at a high price
I pay a high listing fee, whereas if I make a high reserve and it
doesn't sell I don't pay the selling fee.
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| <snip> (...) That is precisely the kind of situation for which a reserve price is meant. I'm usually not a fan of reserve prices either, but they are indeed a good alternative to high minimum starting bids, as you pointed out. <snipped him pointing (...) (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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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 (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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