Ken, In any auction, live or online, you are always bidding against the seller. He can always bid on his own item to keep from selling it for less than he wants to get. Even on eBay. As long as he is willing to pay his percentage to eBay for the transaction. Some guys have more than one USERID just for that purpose. They'll start out with a no reserve auction, with a beginning bid set at $1.00 and watch very closely to see that the final price never ends lower than the price they want for the item. There isn't anything illegal about doing that, as long as the auctioneer gets his percentage. In a live auction, the seller may be there bidding right along with everyone else on his own stuff. Nobody wants or needs to take a drubbing on his own stuff. The fact that some people do only attests to their lack of understanding of auctions.
Len --- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Archer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 10:51 AM Subject: Re: Some e-marketing thoughts > I, for one, usually don't bid on Reserve Auctions. That is an oxymoron > to me. In an auction, the seller puts an item up for bid and a > competition between bidders sets the price. It seems to me that you > are bidding against the seller in a Reserve Auction and really have no > idea if you will get the item or just waste your time. - - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
