bilbo -- I hadn't realized one can no longer save pages. As some have suggested, perhaps it varies with browser used. Hopefully it isn't permanent. I have frequently saved entire pages for future reference, since the darn things can only be searched back 30 days, and are completely gone after 90 days, even if you kept the number or a bookmark, not to mention sellers who delete or reassign images soon after auction end. It has also been a sneaky way to obtain an image that has those ''sorry this is our property'' pop-ups when you try to save it. I just save the whole auction page, then find the jpg image in the file. After re-saving the image, I can delete the rest. A bit of a nuisance, but I figured if I could see it on my screen, there had to be a way to save it. There's probably a simpler way, but I was proud of myself for even figuring out that much.
I did notice another change, with bidding history. Now they are starting to switch to private auctions when they finish! I don't understand completely--it applies to some auctions and not others, and I can't figure out the criteria for which are thus affected. But at the end they just say ''Bidder 1, Bidder 2, etc'' and there is no way to obtain the useful information that previously helped guide one's bidding. For example it is often useful to check the feedback of a rival bidder, then in turn click on a few lots he previously won and check the bid history to see if he just bids high and early, or uses sniping or back up bids. Now you can't check his feedback because he is anonymous. And when it is ongoing, as some also are, it is especially annoying. For example, I have friendly competition with one or two others on similar items, and we often defer to each other when we see a bid already placed. I'd hate to outbid or run up a friend I would ordinarily let have it. Of course such courtesy is probably anathema to eBay, who may gleefully see friendships ruined if it means an extra nickel in their coffers.
And just yesterday I discovered they do this at auction end, that is, the auction will show the actual bidders while it is still ongoing, but apparently at the instant it ends, except for seller and winner, all the bidders become anonymous! What's with that? Looks like it could introduce a whole new sniping practice, to capture the auction page with just 2 or 3 seconds to go, in order to save the bidding history before they are all masked! Again, I have no idea how prevalent this practice will become, or if it (hopefully) is another of those weird experiments that eBay seems to do for a while and then they go away. But I observed it definitely take place on a recent auction, in which the bidders IDs were available while it was going, then were masked when it finished. And it was a US auction, not like in Germany with their extra privacy rules or anything. Anybody know more about this?
Bjorn -- Yes, that's a bona fide Dangit!--almost a triple one! Minimum bid was one raise over 16.09 when you bid 46.13 and lost!
dcderoo -- Yes, Jaywild posted that design (the reprint, I believe) just before 9 AM. Both his and yours are nice uncancelled 4-margin copies. That's a scarce item in a #2. That was the first thing I thought of for X, too. Mine's a used 3-margin, cut in pretty heavily at one corner. But at least Dad had filled the space!
Gee, I figure Matt in Ohio must have some nice Xenia covers!
Bob in WA
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I'm a silly little man - whoopee!!
