Ending Auctions (was Re: HP 2114 on ebay)

From: Marvin <marvin_at_rain.org>
Date: Thu Sep 16 16:10:26 1999

Chuck McManis wrote:
>
> Ebay auctions in my experience follow a very consistent pattern which goes
> something like this:
>
> $$ + *
> | .
> | .
> B | ............ .
> I $ + ..
> D | ..
> D | .
> |.
> +---+---+---+---+ ... +---+
> d0 d1 d2 d3 d4 de-1 de
> Days of the auction de = ending day.

My experience is similar except that I've noticed the rise time at the end
of the auction is getting steeper as people wise up as to a buying strategy
that seems to reduce the final price, at least on ebay. I've had people
contact me after the auction saying they wanted to bid but missed the
deadline. I might add that I have mostly only tried to follow the Vintage
Computers catagory.
Received on Thu Sep 16 1999 - 16:10:26 BST

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