In a message dated 2/11/01 7:38:22 PM EDT, davidt@opentext.com writes:
> I went and bid on it within the last minute and ended up getting the item.
> Well 10 minutes later I recieved an email from the previous bidder as
> follows:
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Subject: that was cheap
>
> talk about sleezy... bidding at the last minute..
Uh, isn't that how an auction is SUPPOSED to work? I can just imagine
attending an auction at Sotheby's or Christie's, or Barratt-Jackson or Kruse
or even Billy Bob's Auction Barn:
"Attention bidders: the auction on lot #14a will end in ten minutes, but
bidding is now closed."
Huh?
:-)
--Andy Mace
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