At 00:54 05/01/2003, John Wren wrote:
> I don't know how this would work, because when you place a bid on
> eBay, it
>will only show the amount necessary to beat a previous bid. Which means if
>this guy is running in $10 increments, someone had $990 on it.
Ah, but ebay will continue to auto-bid until either your top bid is
reached, or your bid exceeds the current high bid.
So, for example, if the current winner bid $1100, and the current 2nd
placer bid $990, then the bidding stops (with the high bidder) at $1000.
What is more likely is that the current winner bid exactly $1000, as did
the current 2nd place bidder. However, since the current winner's bid takes
precedence, it ends up at $1000...
I can forsee that sale ending in negative feedback....
I can only assume that an earlier win by the buyer (TRS-80 Mod 1 with s/n
87) doesn't work, and he/she needs a working one to make repairs/swaps, so
that s/n 87 becomes the valuable working machine.
ICBW, of course...
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Received on Sat Jan 04 2003 - 19:18:00 GMT