Probably I didn't notice the reserve hadn't been met...that makes the most
sense. I was thinking of bidding on it and I thought the reserve had been
met, but I must have been wrong. Thanks,
-jeff
----- Original Message -----
From: "C.H.Ling" <chling@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2001 12:40 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] eBay bids
> Basically the reserve was $229, at the beginning the bidder don't want to
> pay that much but finally he increased his bid bit by bit to reach the
> reserve.
>
> C.H.Ling
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeffrey R. Keller" <jeff@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2001 1:42 PM
> Subject: [OM] eBay bids
>
>
> > This poor guy turned his $161 winning bid into a $229 winning bid.
> > I'm guessing he doesn't use proxy bidding and that either he didn't
> > get back a confirmation or somehow got out of synch and got back
> > 'bid too low'. I've seen this happen a few times before but this is
> > probably the most extreme case.
> >
> > http://cgi6.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&item=1289665272
> >
> > In this particular case I was watching it fairly closely and it seemed
> > like all of his bids came in at the same time. My internet connection
> > could have caused that though.
> >
> > Is there ANY reason not to use proxy bidding? Does anyone know
> > how this happens?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > -jeff
>
>
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