Ebay has stopped disclosing the opening price also. Great strategy for ebay as when items start at high opening prices it is difficult to establish a value. In the past they disclosed that opening asking price and a buyer was able to ascertain a reasonable value. Based upon what one can learn of a seller. After all who would ambitiously pay more then a seller feels it is worth. For instance if you have two bidders on a auction that was priced fairly you can not see what the original asking price was. Another reason why ebay is worth 43 billion. If you stop and think about it you can see how the strategy works. Dan
