As the seller he can set the opening wherever he wants. It is not a dummy
bid. /jnm
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> [mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Andrew Fildes
> Sent: Friday, March 16, 2001 12:22 AM
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [OM] Another big kit on ebay
>
>
> Yes - this one's a bit silly.
> On the eBay topic - I'm about to place a few (non-Oly) items on
> offer and I
> usually set a reserve, with a cost to me. I notice that some people simply
> make a dummy first bid on their own items to set a minimum price,
> like this
> joker. Is this a better technique - I don't seem to remember seeing rules
> about this in the eBay instructions. Is it even legal?
> Andrew
>
>
>
> >There's another good size kit on ebay (in Australia), but I can't seem to
> >get anywhere near the opening bid. Unless someone really wants
> it, I think
> >this one is going to just sit there without bids:
> >
> >http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1222247419
> >
> >Now, if that was in A$....
> >
> >Tom
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