HFK Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 There is currently a Computer Space up on e-bay, a no reserve auction. The opening bid though is $8,000. Is it just me or is that the same as a reserve? Besides $8,000 being as high as Tommy Chong Isn't that a reserve? I see this all the time on Atari games, big letters proclaiming 'NO RESERVE!' but the opening bid is $50 or $100. Cut the crap, no reserve should start at 0.0 and go from there. I guess it maybe saves money not setting a reserve? But doesn't having a high opening bid increase the listing fee anyways? Just a little thing that has always annoyed me, I'm done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 I guess it effectively acts as a reserve. Also serves to keep out the tyre-kickers. Nobody who's not absolutely serious will bother to bid. Seems some retro gear is really fetching the bucks. I had my eye on a Woz edition Apple IIgs for a while. Now, it's just catapulted up over $900. http://cgi.ebay.com.au/APPLE-IIGS-Woz-comp...A1%7C240%3A1318 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemoncurry Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 (edited) A high opening bid is not a reserve, since it's not a secret. But yeah, it's silly to trumpet "NO RESERVE" when the opening is high to begin with... This guy needs to learn some HTML formatting if he's too cheap to use eBay's picture hosting, as well. Edited November 28, 2008 by lemoncurry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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