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In lugnet.market.auction, Christopher Lindsey writes:
> Personally, I don't like this practice. There's a psychology to
> auctions that's being circumvented with this type of practice. Someone
> may look at an item and say "I won't bid on that because it's only been
> up one day and is already at $50.00!" But if they have to keep raising
> their bid, they're more comfortable going to the $50.00 point over time.
Hehe... just like the frog experiment that they mention in that volcano movie
(1)... they say "if you put a frog in boiling water, the frog'll jump right
out. But if you put the frog in cool water and warm them slowly, the frog will
stay and boil to death..." ;-)
-Shiri
fut .o-t.fun
disclaimer: I do not think that experimenting with animals is a good thing!
(1) Something "Peak", I can't remember ;-)
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| Shiri, (...) thing! (...) Dante's peak, perhaps? Scott S. -- Scott E. Sanburn Systems Administrator-Affiliated Engineers -> (URL) Page -> (URL) Soon: The Sanburn Systems Company (25 years ago, 21-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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