http://www.auctioneertech.com/2009/starting-internet-bids-are-reserves-plain-and-simple/ Technology, auctions and auctioneers - auction tech for the auction industry Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:10:53 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.auctioneertech.com/2009/starting-internet-bids-are-reserves-plain-and-simple/#comment-462 Bidding histories develop bidder trust | AuctioneerTech Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:50:10 +0000 http://www.auctioneertech.com/?p=1541#comment-462 [...] Last week’s post dealt with grokking that there is no functional difference between a minimum or starting bid and a reserve on an item. A post last month pointed out that it’s bad to try to be sneaky when protecting a reserve on an item and that it’s much better to be upfront with the conditions of sale than to try to hide the house’s bidding practices from the other bidders. [...] [...] Last week’s post dealt with grokking that there is no functional difference between a minimum or starting bid and a reserve on an item. A post last month pointed out that it’s bad to try to be sneaky when protecting a reserve on an item and that it’s much better to be upfront with the conditions of sale than to try to hide the house’s bidding practices from the other bidders. [...]

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