Re: Observation - No bid on A2 HS SCSI Card

[shack@southwind.net (Randy Shackelford)]

In article <39B48EA0.B94844F7@intergate.bc.ca>,
Wayne Stewart  <waynes@intergate.bc.ca> wrote:
>I was sort of wondering if it'd recieve any bids. I've observed at
>live auctions that no one'll bid if the starting bid is too high. If the
>auctioneer reduces the starting bid to a pitance then bidding will
>often quickly pass the first price that no one'd touch.
>Doesn't feel much like an auction if the seller sets the starting bid at
>what they feel is market value and waits to see if anyone'll go higher.
>I likely wouldn't bid in such a case unless the item was so rare I
>thought I'd never get another chance to find one.