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Re: [OM] eBay bids

Subject: Re: [OM] eBay bids
From: "C.H.Ling" <chling@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2001 16:40:40 +0800
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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