Reserve prices, archived bids

A couple of frequently requested changes have just occurred on our auction sites:

Reserve Prices

Reserve prices now show on the category/search page when an item has a reserve. Just below the price, the text "reserve not met" in red, or "reserve met" in green will be shown. See the example below.

MULTI COL FIRE OPAL RETAIL $1750 A402 opalplus

310.00 reserve not met

19

4

.75

9x5x2

2 days 2 hours

Bid History on reserve items

When a bid is placed on a reserve item, and the reserve is not met, the bid is preserved in our system. Obviously, you will not win the item having not bid up to the reserve, but if the item relists, the bid will remain intact so that the next bidder does not have to start from scratch.

Previously we would show the buyers name next to their bid, even if the bid was placed some time ago. We have adjusted this to show "archived bid" in place of the buyers name.

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Last Update: 14 Jan 2010