Author: Mike Byrne
Date: 19:41:19 03/20/05
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On March 20, 2005 at 22:31:42, Steve B wrote: >>congrats , that was good price, > > >i was not a bidder on this auction >another member here won it > > > > > we do know for sure that the winning bid relected the top bids for both >>bidders -> they both bid the exact same amount -- winnings bid that are tied >>reflect the top bids from both bidders...230.03 would have won here by either >>bidder ... > >not exactly.. >if the earlier bid was $250 with a MAX bid of say $300 and the later bid was a >max of $250 then we will only see the two $250 bids >the winning bidder could have had a higher max but it was not invoked because >the second place bidder only maxed at $250 >we would not see the winning bidders max as this would mean he would have to pay >that amount to the seller >and noone pushed him higher then $250 > >Best Steve you are mistaken, if some had bid $250, we would have one bid at 230 and the next bid at $231 (or whatever the was next increment was)... in this auction they both had bid $230 -- there is no doubt ... whenever a auction ends in a tie, they bod had bid the exact same amouunt and the earlier bidder wins... Ebay 101 ;>) Regards, Michael
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