EBaying; howling after an auction

From: JAMES WEBSTER <jwebste3_at_bellsouth.net>
Date: Sun Oct 17 21:00:13 1999

Tim,

  I actually got spoofed on this once, thinking that I had
won the auction by being the highest bidder. I probably
didn't notice the "Reserved" because the bidder failed to
state or set up a minimum bid amount of what it was. Onced
learned, I guess.
  Jim Webster

> Other E-bay phenomena:
>
> 2. What really amazes me is when a seller makes a reserve price auction,
> very plainly states the reserve price in the item description, and
> there are literally dozens of bids made *below* the stated reserve
> price. What the ???. Either the bidders think this is entirely a
> "bidding game", where the objective is to outbid the other guy with
> no real intention to buy, or they don't read the description at all, or they
> haven't a clue period.
>
> Tim.
Received on Sun Oct 17 1999 - 21:00:13 BST