25 Feb
2008
25 Feb
'08
10:43 a.m.
On Mon, 25 Feb 2008, Mike Hatch wrote:
I was caught once, luckily for only a few pounds, but have learnt to only
bid once and rarely twice, right at the end of the auction and only for the
amount I was prepared to pay, have had no problems since. Remember that
sellers can see who is "watching" a page, so don't "watch" -
bookmark. I
have seen mysterious auctions get inflated and then reappear several days
later, it's a scam to boost pricing, the auction losers think they have a
"second chance"
Actually the sellers are told a count of watchers. They don't get the
specifics.
--
David Griffith
dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu
A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
This all this activity is
in fact some type of a scam, it is going to seriously hurt legitimate
buyers and sellers.
Remember that Apple Lisa that went for $3500? I had a Window open on it,
for some reason I refreshed it the other day prior to closing the window,
and the selling price had changed to something like $400-500.