But only in Spain, sadly. eBay Spain has signed a deal with mobile firms mBlox and Dynetic to launch a new SMS rebidding service. The way it’ll work is that users will be able to sign up for ‘outbid’ alerts – text messages telling you when you’ve been outbid on a particular item. And you’ll then be able to reply to the message to trump your rival with a higher bid.
The service will cost 20 Euro cents per message plus VAT, and will be offered as an option when you place a bid online. This sounds marvellous, so when will the rest of us get a go? Well, mBlox says the technology is scalable, “so that the re-bidding service can be easily replicated in additional markets.” Ole!
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