16 Sep
1999
16 Sep
'99
10:03 a.m.
Speaking of this point, did anyone catch the auction
for the Xerox
Star? Talk about weird endings, it was around $2100 (reserve not
met) until the very end, when suddenly a $7000 bid comes in
(reserve met). But get this, the alias of the high bidder is almost
exactly the same as the seller (seller was foobar, buyer was
foo.bar). Sounds like maybe the second place bidder actually hit
the reserve ($2300?) and the seller decided that he didn't want to
sell it so put in a massive bid under a diff. alias?
And if so, that is against the eBay rules...
Megan Gentry
Former RT-11 Developer
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