[Mccoypottery-talk] types of auctions??

[BarbCrews]

A dutch auction is when the seller has more than one of the same item for 
sale. On ebay it lists how many are available in the listing at the top. 
Not sure about other onlines.

bc



At 07:20 PM 4/26/2003 -0700, you wrote:
>I'm terrible at auctions.  I'm actually afraid of them.  I  often go 
>"look" ahead
>of time, but never go to bid.  I'm always afraid I'll bid "accidently" or 
>if online,
>that I'll win the bid and then learn there's something I didn't realize 
>and end
>up having to pay more than if I'd have just gone to the local store.
>
>My one experience with winning an e-bay bid, was not positive.  The seller
>kept stalling about shipping the item and so I finally lost all my lead 
>time and
>had to just go buy the camera outright and paid more than I would have,
>ordinarily.  :-(
>
>All this to explain that I really have no knowledge of auctions and so 
>it's not
>too strange for me to ask this question --
>
>What, on earth, is a dutch auction and what does it have to do with keeping
>the bidding alive?
>:-)
>acp
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>
>Capriherb wrote:
>
>>If this person would just make this a Dutch Auction, we could all keep it
>>alive by bidding on it and paying for the 37 cents every week or two to help
>>with the cost of the listing.  Heck we could all bid, leave feedback, and
>>make this wonderful Saint a PowerSeller in no time!<G>
>>
>>Jennifer Smith
>>Capriherb Farm
>>Baltimore, Ohio
>>
>>
>>
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