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 HartCottageQuilts
 
posted on November 26, 2000 06:28:41 PM
Why do I do this to myself? I can never remember how dutch auctions work.

Okay, so I've got a dutch auction that just ended. Total items available = 2. High bidder wanted one, at $6.78. Bidder #2 wanted 2, at $4.85.

Who gets how many, and at which bid?

Thanks in advance. I promise: no more dutches!

 
 pocono
 
posted on November 26, 2000 06:29:50 PM
each get ONE at $4.85

 
 gjsi
 
posted on November 26, 2000 07:05:14 PM
If I remember correctly, bidder nuber two does not have to take just one. eBay says that if you bid on multiples in a Dutch and don't get the full amount you don't have to take any.

Greg

 
 tarisa
 
posted on November 26, 2000 07:05:33 PM
The high bidder gets one at $4.85, the second bidder has the *option* to buy one at $4.85 - he can refuse to, since he didn't get the two that he wanted.
 
 mrpotatoheadd
 
posted on November 26, 2000 07:06:23 PM
Also, bidder #2 may refuse to buy just the one.

Bidders can refuse partial quantities. For example, if you place a bid for 10 items and only 8 are available after the auction, you don't have to buy any of them.

http://pages.ebay.com/help/basics/f-format.html#dutch

edited to add... too slow again. At least, I provided a link...

[ edited by mrpotatoheadd on Nov 26, 2000 07:07 PM ]
 
 HartCottageQuilts
 
posted on November 26, 2000 07:18:52 PM
Thanks all. Nice to have an "auxiliary" memory to call on here....Now can anybody tell me where I put my other pair of glasses?

 
 gjsi
 
posted on November 26, 2000 07:30:27 PM
Did you check the top of your head. That's where I always find mine when they are lost.

Greg
[ edited by gjsi on Nov 26, 2000 07:30 PM ]
 
 Glenda
 
posted on November 26, 2000 08:45:04 PM
HCQ: Go back to the closed auction page. The amount that everybody pays is the amount shown on the front page of the auction. Then scroll down just a tiny bit and click on "Show High Bidders." Just the high bidders, and the quantity each gets, are shown.

 
 Kellyrj32
 
posted on November 26, 2000 08:58:23 PM
HCQ, will you email me please? Want to inquire about a quilt. Try finding your auctions, but your name must not be the same on ebay. Thanks, Kelly email [email protected]

 
 macandjan
 
posted on November 26, 2000 09:51:09 PM
[ edited by macandjan on Dec 3, 2000 10:51 AM ]
 
 thedewey
 
posted on November 26, 2000 10:28:17 PM
Page I wrote awhile back about Dutch auctions:

http://home.earthlink.net/~thedeweyt/dutch.html



 
 tomwiii
 
posted on November 26, 2000 11:11:36 PM
It's all Greek... err, Dutch to me! I just won one from one of our illustrious posters -- I let eBay figure out how much I owed!

 
 
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