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Originally Posted by Aquarian Sports Cards
With our auction this actually makes sense. If an item only gets one bid it doesn't go into extended bidding (because there can be no competition) so some people hold out hope that they can scoop it up for that one bid right before extended bidding. Basically sniping it. But as soon as someone else bids they have to get their placeholder bid in so that they can bid in extended bidding. If you have several people watching the item what you described isn't just possible, but likely.
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I don't think Mark meant the item had NO bids and then he opened it, I think he meant there had been no ACTIVITY for a week, but he can correct me.