On Friday, November 30, 2001, at 08:01 , Chris Searles wrote:
>> This guy is selling (10 qty.) on a dutch auction original 2100's .
>
> why do you call it a Dutch auction?
An auction of multiple items of the same kind is called a Dutch Auction.
The highest bidder gets the first item, the second highest bidder gets
the second item, and so on; the 11th highest bidder (if there is one)
gets nothing (assuming a qty. of 10). That's how it works.
rgds
BK
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