[meteorite-list] BIG Problem at eBay

From: Martin Horejsi <martinh_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:49:03 2004
Message-ID: <B7D7F14B.241F%martinh_at_isu.edu>

Maybe it is not a bug but a feature. Ebay might think that if you were
outbid, and you knew by how much, you would bid higher and more often.

Just a though.

Or not.

-Martin



on 9/26/01 8:42 PM, George Blahun Jr. at ks1u_at_prodigy.net wrote:

> Hello. Since many of you use eBay for buying and selling I thought this
> latest "glitch" would be of interest. I just received three outbid
> notices, and instead of eBay telling me what the current bid is, they sent
> the amount of the high bid for the bidder who outbid me. I sent an email to
> eBay and posted this info on their technical issues BB but haven't heard
> anything yet. Obviously this greatly impacts bidding and selling. I
> received an email from someone who read my post and he indicated the same
> had happened to him.
>
> George Blahun Jr.
> Quaker Hill, CT
>
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Received on Wed 26 Sep 2001 10:55:40 PM PDT