22 Feb
2006
22 Feb
'06
8:28 p.m.
On Wed, 22 Feb 2006, 9000 VAX wrote:
I had an auction. A placed a very high bid. B ran up
the bid and
finally B exceeded A. Then at the last minute, B canceled his bid "to
allow others to buy with a lower price". There was no other bid
because the price was high enough to scare away potential bidders. The
end price was very very low. 1/5 of any other similar items.
Okay, now THAT is clearly a Naughty Thing.
--
David Griffith
dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu
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