I know this is an old conversation but I see no problems with the way ebay's auction system works. The only real issue I can see is the cut-off for bids. In a normal auction house the bids keep going until they are no more. So in actual fact the late bidders just keep going until all bidding ceases. Great for the seller and great for ebay, bigger profit. Is this the whole problem here?
I have a problem with an online auction house that conducts normal auctions too, with real people, real-time. This mob takes online bids til close, and if you have bid a maximum of say, $15 and the item is only bid up to $12 by the last bidder after you, then this mob actually invoices you the full 15 bucks. Now that really sucks.
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I know this is an old conversation but I see no problems with the way ebay's auction system works. The only real issue I can see is the cut-off for bids. In a normal auction house the bids keep going until they are no more. So in actual fact the late bidders just keep going until all bidding ceases. Great for the seller and great for ebay, bigger profit. Is this the whole problem here?
I have a problem with an online auction house that conducts normal auctions too, with real people, real-time. This mob takes online bids til close, and if you have bid a maximum of say, $15 and the item is only bid up to $12 by the last bidder after you, then this mob actually invoices you the full 15 bucks. Now that really sucks.