[78-L] eBay puzzle

[David Lennick]

Okay. In this case, it's an album that regularly sells for large bucks (Paul 
Robeson's CHEE LAI) and other Popsike listings showed starting bids and number 
of bids, but I couldn't understand how this one took that giant step with only 
one bid.

dl

On 4/18/2013 11:52 AM, Peter Fraissinet wrote:
> If the reserve price was $550 and the bidder placed a single bid at least that high, the winning bid will be the reserve price regardless of the "starting" price.
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> From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com [78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] on behalf of David Lennick [dlennick at sympatico.ca]
> Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2013 11:40 AM
> To: 78L
> Subject: [78-L] eBay puzzle
>
> How can an item have a starting price of $100, have one bid, and sell for $550?
> Am I missing something here? Or would the seller have posted BUY IT NOW at that
> price? This is an item that sold a few months ago so the listing isn't
> available, only the price via Popsike.
>
> dl
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