Author: Steve B
Date: 19:07:38 09/13/05
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On September 13, 2005 at 21:56:56, Steve B wrote: >in looking over the final bidders list i see that the winning bidder outbid >himself? > >this dosent look right to me > >when a winning bidder places an additional bid to cover his previous bid(with a >new max bid) then this is only invoked if someone pushes him over into the new >max > >but here we see that the winners original bid placed on Sept 8 was good enough >to sustain all of the bids that came after >so why does he now appear twice as both the winning bidder and the second place >bidder? > >perhaps because the third bidder pushed the winner into the new max? >but in that case i think his first bid should still hold and not have to have >the new max invoked?? > >http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&item=5997336676 in other words.. on Sept 8 the winner placed a bid with a Max of 1150 no other bidder bid that high why was his original bid not good enough to win and therefore his second covering bid was invoked? suppose the winner did not make a second covering bid..but only the first bid?? he still wins but at 1150 not 1152?? Steve
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