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Re: [OM] Warning. Beware of 'yeti'

Subject: Re: [OM] Warning. Beware of 'yeti'
From: "Mark Hammons" <astair@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 16:27:07 -0600
>>You forgot telling whether you did meet reserve with your first bid. If so,
>>then your right would be even more righteous. 
>>
>>Marco
>
>Yes, Marco. Reserve was $100 and had already been met before my
>bidding.
>It was not that I wasn't prepared to pay $203.50 for the camera, if
>this figure would only be reached in a normal bidding process. After
>all it was my proxy bid. 
>But this outbidding and then backing out (or not responding in 3
>days)... well you know the eBay rules and customs just as well as I
>do. ;-)
>I still like the system very much, though, although you must exercise
>judgement and be prudent when bidding.
>Maybe it is a better time for selling there now...
>
>Frank.
>
>

Could it be that "Yeti" is a ghost-bidder -- a freind of the seller
who "bids" hoping to bump up the sale price by forcing people's
proxy bids?  And when not successful he just "dissappears"
and the seller can legitimately demand the next highest bid!

Mark Hammons


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