Post #56942 by SES on Sat, Oct 25, 2003 6:14 PM

Wow that's strange! I always thought that if you met the reserve with the bid it would jump in and show at the reserve level amount.
Because in my head you are bidding against the reserve as well as other people.

I don't have a problem with people setting reserves. I understand the logic to use them to avoid scarying bidders and the annoying appraisal inquiries. But I don't see what the problem is if someone is serious on bidding (you can check their feedback first before releasing the info!) and wants to know how much so they don't have to put in a zillion #s. When sellers list that they NEVER tell so don't bother to ask, it makes me wonder if are serious about selling the piece and that maybe they are just fishing to find the value themselves. The sellers that have the nasty attitudes in their descriptions are the ones that I avoid. My logic being if they are like that trying to attract people what are they going to be like afterwards if there is a potential problem? No thanks!
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