[Amps] eBay

[Floyd Sense]

If one other person is thinking the same thing as you, and bids $9,998, then 
you just paid $9,999 for that $500 transceiver.  It happens!

K8AC

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Osten B Magnusson" <sm5dqc at areteadsl.se>
To: <amps at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 9:07 AM
Subject: Re: [Amps] eBay


>
> What happens if I see, as an example, a tranceiver worth
> 500 dollars, current bid is 100 dollars and I bid 9999 dollars?
> I will get it for 101 dollars or are there any special rules?
>
> 73 de Osten SM5DQC    sm5dqc at areteadsl.se
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Floyd Sense" <fsense at copper.net>
> To: <craxd1 at ezwv.com>; <amps at contesting.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 2:03 PM
> Subject: Re: [Amps] eBay
>
>
>> The seller can NOT see the maximum bid that you entered, but CAN see the
>> amounts of the actual bids.  For example, if the current bid is at $18.00
>> (and the minimum increment is $1.00)and no one's maximum bid exceeds 
>> that,
>> and you come along and bid $50.00 then the seller will see your bid as
>> $19.00.
>>
>> If someone was bidding for the seller (or the seller himself under a
>> different ID), it would not be difficult to predict your probable 
>> response
>> to a bid increase based on your previous reaction to being outbid.  As 
>> you
>> probably know, the eBay process ressembles a real live auction only in 
>> that
>> there is bidding.  Real auctioneers do not permit "sniping" and shill
>> bidding can result in bodily harm!  The only way to protect yourself is 
>> to
>> decide up front what the item is worth, bid that amount, and check back 
>> when
>> the auction is over.
>>
>> K8AC
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Will Matney" <craxd1 at ezwv.com>
>> To: <amps at contesting.com>
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 7:43 AM
>> Subject: [Amps] eBay
>>
>>
>>> This is way off topic but I need a quick answer on something. Does the
>>> seller have access to the amount one has bid? Something was fishy on a
>>> book I bought like the one who bid against me twice stopped both times
>>> right under my maximum bid. He ran the bids up 11 times stopping just
>>> under twice. I'm wondering if it was a schill who knew the amount I bid?
>>>
>>> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=378&item=4546163575&rd=1
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> Will
>>>
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