bg wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:21:46 -0700 (PDT), magnusfalkirk
> <dean.phares@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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>>eBay auctions are, to me at least, a version of a "silent" auction.
>>For anyone who doesn't know what a silent auction is I'll try to
>>explain simple and short. Basically you have an item up for auction
>>with a sheet of paper by it where you write your name and the amount
>>you will pay for the item, if someone raises the bid you can of course
>>raise your bid. There is a set amount of time to the silent auction
>>and whoever has the highest bid when time is up wins the item.
>>
>>The difference with eBay is that you can put in your max bid at the
>>start, unless like me you prefer to use a snipe program, and eBay will
>>incrementally raise your bid for you if someone else raises the bid.
>>Like Michael I prefer to snipe because that way I set what I'm willing
>>to pay and either win it or lose it without having to watch the
>>auction to the end.
>>
>>Just my two cents worth,
>>Dean
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> Duh! It's called Proxy Bidding.
But with the bid concealed until the end of the auction so as
not to expose the proxy to "experimentation" by other bidders.
-michael
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