In a message dated 01/02/2001 4:38:20 PM Pacific Standard Time,
ulix@u.washington.edu writes:
<< They mean "no hidden reserve". When you sell an item, you can start
bidding
at $1, but have a reserve of $20 below which you won't sell. I think they
have this at "real" auctions as well.
Ulix
on 1/2/01 16:06, Michael Ellsworth at mikeells@shianet.org wrote:
> I'm not a big E-bay follower, but how can they say this car is sold with no
> reserve, but that the bidding starts at $800.00? No reserve means you can
> start the bidding as low as you please, and the sale will be at the high
> bid, whether it's $10.00 or $10,000.00. I tried to place a bid lower than
> $800.00, and it wouldn't accept it.
> >>
Gotta watch e-bay....last year I was looking for a watch for my wife. I
found one i liked at a decent price, and saw the note..."check my web page".
The guys web page listed the watch for sale at the minimum bid! He was just
fishing for gravy on e-bay, and most likely got it!
RH...
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