Deceptions at eBAy!

[dogbert at clue4all.net (Brian J. Conway)]

> I don't know if anyone on BLU Discuss spends much time perusing eBay,
> but I've noted in my searches for bargains that eBay now fails to update
> many of the bids when you use the search mode. I just spotted one that
> has yet to post bids that date an entire week ago, much less the many
> that have come since. So it looks like no one has bid on an item when in
> fact several or even dozens of bids have already been entered.
> 
> No wonder eBay's servers get overloaded. Everyone thinks they see a
> bargain until they get to the actual auction page! They could probably
> cut their electric bill by 60% if they would just keep their auction
> pages properly updated.

Hold shift and hit the reload button. ;-)  I actually hadn't noticed
that, but I really tend to doubt it's a deception tactic.  I suppose you
never know.

Brian J. Conway
dogbert at clue4all.net
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