Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think this may have been suggested already, but eBay allows what are called Proxy bids, whereby I can tell them, "I'm willing to pay up to $1,000 for the item, and whenever a bid is made that exceeds mine, automatically place a new bid from me, up to my maximum". So from your perspective, it may look as if I am upping your bid, each time you place it. One think I am not clear about, is that you say that they meet your bid, to the dollar, but didn't exceed it. If this is the case, what prompted you to make a fresh bid, since if they just matched your bid, presumambly you would still be high bidder. Maybe just a misunderstanding on my read of what you said. Dan C. At 12:51 PM 16-07-99 -0700, you wrote: >> > >But Mark, if you walked into a shop, saw an M6 you wanted to buy priced at $1,000, would you say to the >owner "No, I insist on paying $1,600 for that camera" because that's the limit you set for yourself >before entering the shop? >The rightful expectation from buying on ebay is that, beyond reserve prices, you and your closest >competitor set the value of the item. If there is little demand, the price should stay low. If it is >artificially or nefariously inflated, you've been bilked out of your savings on a low-demand item. > >And since my original post wasn't clear enough, it concerned, on both occasions, competitors exactly >matching my bid, to the dollar (on odd-dollar numbers, i.e. not rounded figures). They lost to me >because they didn't exceed my bid, but succeeding in making me pay the maximum I was willing to pay. I >just think it's an odd coincidence. > > >Dave Yoder > >> >> But isn't the issue you don't HAVE to cough up any more than the price you had >> previously decided you were going to pay. >> You are not being manipulated! >> Don't be a victim! >> Mark :-) Rabiner >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> > > >