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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;10gary22, post: 1017297, member: 23626&quot;]eBay has a &quot;snipe&quot; program that a buyer can hide and place a winning bid at the very last instant and beat all others. However, I think there is a way for sellers to hide their reserve. I noticed this on some reference manuals I bid on. Both times I was beat at the last, after the timer went 0. I thought I had won the item actually. Then saw that there was a late bid that beat mine. This happened twice with the books, so I was able to figure out what the reserve was. More recently (last night) it happened again. I had a winning bid, the timer went to 0, then I was notified that I lost the item.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Some sellers use another ID to make a bid that establishes a reserve for their item I believe and that&#039;s why the reserve is not shown. People aren&#039;t as likely to bid on an item with a reserve price. But I have learned that on eBay, there are sellers who manipulate the system. Unless you had known what the reserve was, you could not win the item without entering a higher bid limit. I would save the seller. Not so much as a &quot;favorite&quot; but someone to keep an eye on.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>gary[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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