posted on August 7, 2001 05:14:38 PM
Just looked at mypage and found a poster on top "Your vehicle listing has ended and reserve price has not yet been met? Send a personal offer!" Yikes, I never do reserves and did not list a vehicle. It would be a good topic for candid camera.
posted on August 7, 2001 05:25:22 PM
Some of the early 3 day reminders I sent through My eBay had a link to eBay motors. They must want us to sell our cars.
fonze
posted on August 7, 2001 08:26:03 PM
It is actualy a new feature but is for ebay motors only.
When a reserve auction ends without a winner - you get the option of e-mailing the highest bidder and letting them 'win'.
See - ebay knows there are offline deals - but they think this way - you do it through them and they get to keep the fees. They could never control the offline deals. Now they are going to advertise to buyers to buy online - have the seller send an e-mail accepting the next bid - then they get ebay protection etc. But, basically it is about ebay getting more money - as it always is.
but I had to give id pass and item #.