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					Originally Posted by bnorth  Not sure if they still do it but eBay used to do something similar. The buy it now option would disappear once someone placed a bid. | 
	
 They did, but the opening bid was something absurdly low (ie, 99 cents) so the bidders always bid quickly just to make it disappear.  That make work better with a higher opening bid.