4 Nov
1998
4 Nov
'98
2:21 a.m.
One of the really nice things about ebay is the
bidding system where the
auction is handled automatically and each bidder knows immeadiately what the
current bid is. As such, one suggestion to people wanting to offer stuff to
listmembers first might be to put in on ebay as a private auction with a
reserve price high enough to protect the seller. I personally have not used
or participated in private auctions, but the idea seems sound.
The only problem is that with any kind of auction the
money will take the sole role for decision. This is
a build in feature, since not only the seller reserves
the right to sell only for the highest possible price,
also the bidder gets the sole right to buy if his bid
is the highest.
In fact, your idea isn't bad at all, because when it
is realy about to be an acution, eBay would serve as
a management system (offers haggle the same option for
a closed auction ?) to give several iterations and
let everyone see whats the personal value in there.
Servus
Hans
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Ich denke, also bin ich, also gut
HRK