Auction variation
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1. A method of marketing items comprising:
- publicizing an auction to sell at least one item;
accepting a preset number of price bids for the items;
applying at least one cancellation rule to selectively cancel zero or more bids;
selecting one or more bids closest to a preselected low sum to receive the item; and
wherein said low sum is less than 1% of a list price of said item.
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Abstract
A method of marketing items comprising: publicizing an auction to sell at least one item, accepting a preset number of price bids for the items, applying at least one cancellation rule to selectively cancel zero or more bids, selecting one or more bids closest to a preselected low sum to receive the item, wherein the low sum is less than 1% of a list price of the item.
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1. A method of marketing items comprising:
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publicizing an auction to sell at least one item;
accepting a preset number of price bids for the items;
applying at least one cancellation rule to selectively cancel zero or more bids;
selecting one or more bids closest to a preselected low sum to receive the item; and
wherein said low sum is less than 1% of a list price of said item. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of marketing items comprising:
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accepting at least a preset number of bids for the items;
calculating the result of at least one statistical rule performed on said bids; and
selecting one or more bids to receive the item, according to a selection rule based on the result of the statistical calculation. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21-29. -29. (canceled)
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30. A method of marketing items comprising:
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publicizing an auction;
accepting a preset number of price bids for the items;
applying at least one cancellation rule to selectively cancel zero or more bids; and
selecting one or more price bids with an extreme price to be paid to receive the item.
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40. A method of marketing items comprising:
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publicizing an auction;
accepting at least a preset number of bids for a characteristic other than price for the item;
applying at least one cancellation rule to selectively cancel zero or more bids; and
selecting one or more bids with an extreme bid to receive the item for a pre-publicized price.
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