-----Original Message-----
From: R. Lee Hawkins <lhawkins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: lhawkins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <lhawkins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wednesday, May 27, 1998 2:44 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Vivitar Series 1 Solid Cat Lens
>In your message dated: Wed, 27 May 1998 11:36:51 PDT you write:
>>R. Lee Hawkins wrote:
>> The URL is listed below.
>>> >
>>> >http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=15195874
>>>
>>> Anybody have an idea what a reasonable price is for this item?
>>> Apparently the reserve is over $200....
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> --Lee
>>>
>>--
>>
>>How do you know it's over $200 ?
>
>Because, eBay lets you set a maximum bid. As other people bid, your bid
>is automagically increased to outbid them, up to your max... AND, if
>your max bid equals or exceeds the reserve amount, your bid is increased
>to the reserve amount. I bid 150, then $200, and my bid was not
>increased to the reserve amount, thus my deduction that the reserve
>amount must be greater than my maximum bid, $200.
>
>Cheers,
>--Lee (Sherlock Holmes) Hawkins
>
I have been saved from some eBay bids I shouldn't have made by absurd
reserves. Perhaps you will be as lucky. I have been happy to get any bids on
some of my eBay items lately. That has not been the case with most OM items
as they have done OK so far.
Doug
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