Occasionally one will be high bidder, but the reserve will not be met. In those cases one may increase one's own bid to try to "find the reserve". There may be other reasons to increase one's bid, but I can't think of one offhand.
Regards,
Jerry Moos Big Spring, TX
Steve Leitgen <sleitgen@charter.net> wrote: Also in the don't get it category, I looked through the bidding history. At least three people upped their own bids. I will readily admit I am an e-bay newbie but does it make sense to bid against yourself?
Steve Leitgen La Crosse, WI
On Jul 25, 2006, at 12:38 PM, c. andrews wrote:
> I suppose this just files under the heading of "I don't get
> it.."
>
> How is it that a very poorly repainted Schwinn track frame
> with nervex lugs commands that kind of price?
>
> That has to be among the most unattractive paint-jobs I've
> ever encountered. Nothing like the beautiful, thin paint
> the original would have had. You can barely discern the
> outline of the seat-lug!
>
> I could see a fully original-finish frame of this kind going
> for over a grand (not over 2, though)..but over 2K for this?
>
> I don't get it. Must be a Schwinn thing.
>
> 140007428468 For those who are still learning this
> stuff...I was once, not long ago, still am too... this is a
> textbook case of how *not* to repaint a vintage frame.
>
> Charles "doesn't get it" Andrews
> SoCal
>
>
> "It's impossible to make a man
> understand something when his
> livelihood depends on him not
> understanding it."
>
> -Upton Sinclair