>Speaking of this point, did anyone catch the auction for the Xerox
>Star? Talk about weird endings, it was around $2100 (reserve not
>met) until the very end, when suddenly a $7000 bid comes in
>(reserve met). But get this, the alias of the high bidder is almost
>exactly the same as the seller (seller was foobar, buyer was
>foo.bar). Sounds like maybe the second place bidder actually hit
>the reserve ($2300?) and the seller decided that he didn't want to
>sell it so put in a massive bid under a diff. alias?
And if so, that is against the eBay rules...
Megan Gentry
Former RT-11 Developer
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Received on Thu Sep 16 1999 - 17:03:01 BST