[78-L] Casals/Bach

[Malcolm Rockwell]

You're right. But I was considering that there were seven bids in the 
example given and decided not to continue the story after four. After 
all, four IS tea time (don't ask).
In the times this has happened to me I've attempted to drive my bid just 
high enough to make the other bidder suffer, without my actually 
surpassing his bid and winning the item myself. Sometimes it works. And 
sometimes I win. And pay for it.
Mal

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David London wrote:
> Wouldn't bidder A get it for $50, since he was only pushed to that, and no
> higher?
>
> On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 12:13 PM, Malcolm Rockwell <malcolm at 78data.com>wrote:
>
>   
>> Not quite. I discovered that, in trying to figure out what a single
>> bidder has posted as his high bid, that each time I increase the amount
>> I am willing to bid it counts as one of the bids.
>> For instance, bidder A decides that that Francis Craig on Bullett
>> starting at $3.00 is so rare and in such fine condition he's bid $200.01
>> for it. Bidder number 2 says, "HOH! I must have it!" and bids $3.51,
>> unaware that bidder A has the high bid. ePay promptly comes back and
>> says bidder 2 has been outbid, that he should no be prepared to bid
>> $4.01 for the pleasure of listening to Ms. Craig do her thang. Being
>> expansive, he bids $5.02. eBay jack's the price up to $5.52. At this
>> point bidder 2 says, "Hah! Just what is this fershlugginer bidder A up
>> to?" and bids $50.00. eBay calmly says, No deal," and tells him to bid
>> more than $50.50. So, we're nowe up to 4 bids and there are only two
>> bidders.
>> You can see where this is going, no? Yes! Bidder A takes it for $200.01
>> because bidder B, disgusted and depressed, has just drawn and quartered
>> himself. Quite a trick, that.
>> So it could just be two people.
>> Mal
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