weirdami wrote:
It's against ebay rules to tell people the reserve price, but, also, it's stupid to do so. Not even brick and mortar auction places do that. I think the only difference is that ebay actually tells you that there is a reserve price at all. Which is odd, since I don't even bother bidding if there's a reserve price and I'm sure I'm not the only one.
I don't see anything wrong with telling people the reserve price, it's the minimum acceptable price, I have seen many auctions fail because the reserve price was not met, if the reserve price was known a lot of people might bid with more confidence.
Ebay don't want the reserve price revealed so the item can be relisted several times and they get more fees, they are not acting in the sellers best interest, just their own.
