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Re: VERY strange ebay bidding



Hi!

On Jul 24, 12:26 pm, Tony wrote:
> Yea!  What's crazy about the bidding is that there are some bids made
> by both bidders against oneself (the bidders have bid higher when the
> last bid was made by themselves)!  Why would anyone want to do that?

    Let's say bidder A bids $15 on an item with a starting bid of $5.
The high bid will be shown as $5.  Bidder B comes along and bids $7.
The high bid will now be shown as $7.50.  Bidder B tries again and
bids $10.  The high bid will now be shown as $10.50.  Listing the bids
so far will show what you describe as "bids made by both bidders
against oneself".

Willi