Has anyone else noticed the change to bidding on ebay? Previously what people bid was kept secret until after the auction ended. Now, if you click on the number of bids, you can see how much bidders other than the highest bidder have bid during the auction. You still don't know what the maximum the highest bidder has put on the item because the amount only goes to the next increment. So if, in the case of an auction with a reserve one person only has bid several times and the opening bid required was 5.00, if none of his bids has reached the reserve, the bid will still show as 5.00, for instance:
http://offer.ebay.co.uk/ws3/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&item=2268480096 What drew me to looking at this was the crazy price that Christine Springett's 15 page booklet "Designing and Mounting Lace Fans" is attracting. I was curious as to who would be willing to pay such a large amount. A starting price of $3.99 was wanted. Just over three hours to go and the current price is $28.23 (but who knows what this person has put on as a maximum?), and the opening bid was $15.99! There are 2 bidders and both from the US. http://offer.ebay.co.uk/ws3/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&item=8130944409 I had intended to write to Christine Springett several times to ask her if she intends to republish it - it woudn't be much more than about GBP3.50. I definitey will now. Jean in Poole To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
