Post #14885 by Swanky on Tue, Nov 26, 2002 2:36 PM

It might be true. I have seen things that had a reserve or say $50, and I wanted to pay that much. But the bid starts at $5 and I bid $100 and now the bid is $5. How do you get it up to the reserve? And once there is a bid, you can't put a reserve on it.

But then, I don't understand a reserve. Why not start the auction at your resrve price? Unless you have no real interest in selling and are just feeling out Ebay for a value?