It only works well for items that are in ample supply. For used items, the
possibility of siphoning is much less, IME.
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>Subject: [OM] Re: What is "Bid Siphoning"? Ane why is it Heinous?
> From: "Timpe, Jim" <Jim.Timpe@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 11:52:04 -0800
> To: "'olympus@xxxxxxxxxx'" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
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>Did you enjoy a cigarette after consummating the 'de-flowering' process?
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>8^0
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>Never heard of the practice, but your explanation makes sense. No one has
>attempted to siphon me off in quite some time...
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx
>>Subject: [OM] Re: What is "Bid Siphoning"? Ane why is it Heinous?
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>>I belive that's the practice of sending emails to bidders of
>>current auctions offering them competing items. This would
>>allow one seller to "siphon" off bidders from someone else's
>>auction, thus decreasing the bidding competition or
>>encouraging them to cancel their bids.
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