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How Does The Software Decide/Set Increments?

nunnnunn Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 36,085 ******
edited September 2002 in General Discussion
On some sites, when a seller posts an auction, he can choose the bid increments.

Not so here. And the increments are not the same from auction to auction. Sometimes its $1.00; sometimes $2.00; sometimes $5.00.

How is the increment set, and by what criteria?

Anybody? Just curious.



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  • offerorofferor Member Posts: 8,625 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    eBay has set the increments so that they are smaller when the price is low and larger when the price is higher. It's arbitrary, though they try to use common sense. There's nothing more to it than that: decide, and program.

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  • IconoclastIconoclast Member Posts: 10,515 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    David, ditto what offeror said on GB as well as eBarf. Take a look at some of the bid progressions on items in various price ranges.
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