Someone who is bidding on things like this aren't always terribly likely to plan to increase a bid on a given thing, or may not be able to, or may not have the time or chance to return to an auction to bid more than once; with a single 'purchase', that person has already committed and at a level they intended from the outset.
It's exactly the label on the tin, as they say, is basically what it is.
Auctions are ime harder to set a starting price-point for, but that's definitely a YMMV kind of thing and not really so important.
Which isn't to say that auction-only is terrible, but I wanted to check options before deciding what to do --
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Someone who is bidding on things like this aren't always terribly likely to plan to increase a bid on a given thing, or may not be able to, or may not have the time or chance to return to an auction to bid more than once; with a single 'purchase', that person has already committed and at a level they intended from the outset.
It's exactly the label on the tin, as they say, is basically what it is.
Auctions are ime harder to set a starting price-point for, but that's definitely a YMMV kind of thing and not really so important.
Which isn't to say that auction-only is terrible, but I wanted to check options before deciding what to do --