Over the Hedge by T Lewis and Michael Fry for May 10, 2013
Transcript:
verne: how are you ever going to unload 100 metric tonnes of fake twinkies? rj: Ebay. hammy: we have a bidder! verne: Who is it? hammy: Furrylightingten10 bids eleventy seven! verne: you have hammy bidding on your twinkies. rj: Just to get things started. hammy: now zipsquirrel3twentyteen bids eleventy jillion! Rj: See? It's already working.
Thank-you TrustedMechanic, that’s it exactly. These vendors make a big deal about having no reserved, but then a zero transaction bidder shows up in the last two minutes to aggressively bid. It still comes down to knowing your price and not getting ducked into over-paying.