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Old 11-25-2005, 05:09 PM
David04 David04 is offline
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Default Why do people do this?(eBay question)+hot girls

Just looking around eBay, and I am seeing people who will bid on an item, and a few minutes later, they will outbid themselves Link

I've seen this a lot, and I never understood it. Any insight would be appreciated.




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Old 11-25-2005, 05:12 PM
AndysDaddy AndysDaddy is offline
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Default Re: Why do people do this?(eBay question)+hot girls

Nice Pics.

When you bid on ebay, you enter a "maximum bid" amount. Only the minimum amount needed to gain the lead in the bid is posted as your bid, however.

If anyone comes along and enters a maximum bid higher than your current, posted bid amount, but less than your maximum bid amount, your new current posted bid is raised to again be the least amount needed to keep yoou in the lead. This can happen several times before someone finally outbids you with a higher maximum.

I hope that made sense.
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Old 11-25-2005, 05:15 PM
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Default Re: Why do people do this?(eBay question)+hot girls

Person A bids max of Z, and is currently winning with W
Person B bids max of X where (W <= X <= Z), since Person A had the higher max bid, Person A's official bid is moved up to Y (X <= Y <= Z).

However, all you see on the site is:
Person A bid W
Person A bid Y
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Old 11-25-2005, 05:15 PM
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Default Re: Why do people do this?(eBay question)+hot girls

Okay, thanks. I knew about the auto bid thing they have, I didn't realize that's what this was.
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Old 11-25-2005, 05:23 PM
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Default Re: Why do people do this?(eBay question)+hot girls

Did the * come from this post or a previous one? Just trying to judge what is *'able.
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Old 11-25-2005, 05:26 PM
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I actually recieved two *'s for this and I had one taken off, which I'm assuming was for this post.
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Old 11-25-2005, 05:30 PM
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What kind of music are you intending to DJ?
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Old 11-25-2005, 05:32 PM
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What kind of music are you intending to DJ?

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I'm thinking hip hop, but I'm going to pick up a few records from other genres and just kind of experiment to see if there's anything I really like.
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