[78-L] eBay rules

[Jack Raymond]

Recently I entered a $16 bid on a 78 record that was listed on eBay with 
a ten-cent minimum bid.  Since no one else bid on it, I won it for ten 
cents, plus $5 shipping.

So I paid the $5.10 and considered myself lucky, although I confess I 
was vaguely nervous about having won it at such a low price -- nervous 
with good reason.  The seller notified me the next day that the record 
had been accidentally dropped and broken and that my payment was being 
refunded.

Why would anyone put such a ridiculously low minimum on anything being 
auctioned?

-- Jack Raymond