chococake
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posted on December 18, 2000 05:57:48 PM
I had a reserve auction close today with a bidder that bid the starting bid three times. Twice yesterday and once today.
They have a feedback of only 12 so I think maybe they don't understand what a reserve is. Maybe they thought it was a BIN and their bid didn't go though. Probably don't even know how to check the bid history.
Do you think I should try and help them or let it go? I don't know if they are willing to pay my reserve, but I really hate to see people lose something they want. Doesn't have to be my item. But I feel bad for new people that don't know the ropes.
Should I contact them? If I do, any suggestions on just how to be nice and tackful without being pushy or know it all.
I did kind of get a giggle from it.
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lotsafuzz
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posted on December 18, 2000 06:00:42 PM
I'd wait and see if they contact you. They very well may.
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codasaurus
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posted on December 18, 2000 06:08:52 PM
Hello Chococake,
I take it chococake is not your eBay userid. I tried a search on it and came up with "userid invalid".
I'm interested in looking at the bid history of this auction.
You can email me the auction number if you wish. My email addy is available in my AW profile.
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cariad
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posted on December 18, 2000 06:52:42 PM
If they are the only bidder, they could bid 50 times trying to hit your reserve and if they don't bid enough , it will still stay at the starting price.
cariad
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codasaurus
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posted on December 18, 2000 06:57:21 PM
Chococake,
I looked at the bid history of the auction and I believe that the explanation is as follows:
I think a bidder's successively higher bids would only appear in the bid history as more than what was necessary to take the high bid.
Since the lone bidder in your auction could not bid against himself the actual higher bid amount of the 2nd and 3rd bids he placed would not be revealed in the bid history unless one of the bids reached tthe reserve you had set.
In effect, the bid history indicates that the bidder was probably increasing his bid in the hopes of reaching your reserve but abandoned the effort before achieving the reserve.
Make sense?
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chococake
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posted on December 18, 2000 06:58:42 PM
cariad - I could understand if each bid was higher then the last trying to get to the reserve. But, why would someone bid my opening bid three times?
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chococake
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posted on December 18, 2000 07:03:45 PM
Guess we were typing at the same time.
I thought the new bid amount would show with each bid even if it was the same bidder Learn something everyday. Thanks
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cariad
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posted on December 18, 2000 07:04:07 PM
Each bid was higher.......but Ebay doesn't have you bid against yourself. Only if you hit the reserve would it register a higher bid.
cariad
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amalgamated2000
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posted on December 18, 2000 07:22:13 PM
Each bid was higher.......but Ebay doesn't have you bid against yourself. Only if you hit the reserve would it register a higher bid.
But the new Ebay bid history shows the amount of each bid, doesn't it? Or does this not apply to reserve auctions?
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chococake
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posted on December 18, 2000 07:25:50 PM
a2000 - now see that's what I thought too.
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cariad
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posted on December 18, 2000 08:17:20 PM
It shows the amount of each bid up to the amount that makes you the high bidder. That's why it looked like they made the same bid 3 different times.
If your reserve had been $50, and the last bid they made was $60, it would still only show their bid of $50. If their last bid was $49.50, it would show 3 bids of $10 or whatever your starting bid was
I had this happen on an auction I was bidding on, I wanted that sucker and my high bid was almost $250 higher than the next bidder, but the seller didn't know that and it didn't hit reserve, so my bid showed as $125. I emailed after the auction and asked what the reserve was and the seller said "sorry, we're too far apart". Hah! How they hell did they know? And yes, they did sell it later for less...and not with my bid.
cariad
edit to try to make it a little clearer than mud.
[ edited by cariad on Dec 18, 2000 08:21 PM ]
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