posted on November 3, 2000 02:46:49 PM new
I just bid one of my first Yahoo auctions.
The edited auction title reads,
"******widget*** NO RESERVE***"
yet after I bid I got the message, "reserve not yet met" so I went back over the description and sure enough in the description it states there is a reserve price. I looked at all this person's auctions and they were "NO RESERVE" auctions with a reserve price. Pretty misleading! How common is this on Yahoo?
posted on November 3, 2000 04:13:25 PM new
It sounds like an error.
Try "ask seller a question"
I have put up first bid win auctions and forgotten to put the buy price in and people bid and the auction does not close as promised in the auction copy. It has happened more than once and it is pure error...
posted on November 3, 2000 04:16:15 PM new
Sounds like the seller relisted the auction quick reserve price is set at start price by default or maybe they tryed to make a buy price and put the numbers in the wrong box .
WWW.dman-n-company.com
posted on November 3, 2000 05:22:20 PM new
I left a question for the seller right after I placed a bid. He has not answered yet, but it has only been a few hours.
The seller has several auctions going and I only had time to look at a few and three that I looked at with the "no reserve" in the title all had a reserve price and a "buy it" price.
I am not really familiar with Yahoo format so I am not sure what is okay and what isn't.
posted on November 4, 2000 01:49:04 AM new
When you go to Manually relist an item..
even though you did not use reserve the previous time, the reserve box is filled in with your previous minimum bid price
Dumb to say the least. So whenever you are relisting and do not want a reserve price, make sure that box is blank.
It is quite evident that the spoken about seller was not careful! and could care less!!
When will bidders and sellers realize this is Money and Not a game. Geesh, wake up guys.
Just remember that 50% of sellers are careless and 50% of bidders are careless
There is NO reason for mistakes, none!!!!!
No, mistakes do not happen, people make them happen 99% of the time.
Always put brain in gear and think first and last.... think, wake up everyone
posted on November 4, 2000 02:55:47 AM new
And 1% of buyers are pure dips.
They don't read my well crafted copy.
They ask, what is the condition? MINT means
mint.
Whine about sales tax, postal rates amd other things over which I have no control.
On and on.
Look who's whining know.
posted on November 4, 2000 11:24:28 AM new
This is weird! I went back into Yahoo auctions to see what if the seller responded to my question and the auction was gone. It was supposed to end yesterday but when I pushed "my auctions" it said "not bidding on any auctions". I also did a search for the seller's closed auctions and it wasn't there either.
Does anyone know why I am unable to find the auction? Am I doing something wrong?
posted on November 5, 2000 10:46:27 AM new
VERYMODERN: Nope. It would be nice to think that he saw the error and decided to correct it, but he is still running "no reserve auctions" with reserve prices.
Actually when I origionally bid there was only a few hours left on the auction so I assume it just ended normally, but what I don't get is why it would not have shown up as an auction I bid on even if I was not the winner?
