Ok, so what happens if three individuals list their maximum bid at the
same amount and e bay does it's thing by increasing the minimum bid
increase for all three. Wouldn't it be a matter of minutes until all
three are at their maximum? Then does the true bidding start as in a
live fashion?
Just wondering.
Paul
PAsgeirsson@juno.com
On Tue, 14 Dec 1999 22:26:10 -0800 "Doug Ingram" <dougi@home.com> writes:
>Why not just bid the absolute maximum you are willing to pay, and let
>Ebay's
>system do the rest. It's the same as putting in a advance bid at a
>live
>auction - you don't have to be there, and you won't go over your
>predetermined maximum. If someone bids higher, then presumably you
>would
>have let the item go even if you were there, or else you would have
>set your
>maximum higher........
>
>Doug Ingram
>Victoria BC
>1958 Sprite (AN5L/636)
>1963 Sprite Mk II project (HAN7L/30003)
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <Lancer7676@aol.com>
>To: <Bryan.Vandiver@Eng.Sun.COM>; <type79@ix.netcom.com>
>Cc: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
>Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 1999 1:31 PM
>Subject: Re: Manifold for a Fish Carb?
>
>
>> In a message dated 12/14/99 1:54:03 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>> Bryan.Vandiver@Eng.Sun.COM writes:
>>
>> << referring to those F*#$! bidders on ebay that don't bid at all
>until
>> the last 60 seconds, to try and get something for a low bid without
>giving
>> previous bidders a chance to bid again (like in a real auction). >>
>>
>>
>> Yeah Bryan--I have been beaten out of some items by those vermin. I
>work,
>so
>> I am at a disadvantage when an item is going off during work
>hours--plus I
>> cant stand vigil over an e-bay site. Wish there were some way they
>could
>> work it so folks who really need an item can stay with it and the
>item
>truly
>> goes off at the highest bid.
>>
>> --David C.
>>
>
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