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I have to admit that I, too, don't bid on reserve auctions. I think they do it just to test the waters as it were - see how much interest there is.

If someone else tops the reserve and it isn't as high as I'd feared, then I might bid (well, snipe anyway), but I refuse to play guessing games.

Last week an item I've been after since before ebay existed finally came up, but with a reserve. Now, in this case, I KNOW the items real-world value to within 5%, and I wouldn't bid a penny more. I didn't bid at all though, because I feel the reserve was probably much higher just to see how much people would be prepared to pay, not to sell the item.

Maybe I'm wrong but this smacks of using eBay as a valuation tool rather than a selling tool.

I'm not commenting on the morning sickness thing - I've just had dinner.

GG

7/16/043:30 AM

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