I have a one dollar bill. there is a crowd of people around me. I hold it up and say that i will auction the one dollar bill off, and the dollar would go to the highest bidder.

The catch? the first AND second highest bidder both have to pay me whatever they bid. For example, if the bidding stops when someone bids 1.00 and the next person bids .95, then I get 1.95, and the winner gets nothing, the second person loses 95 cents.

What would you do if you were at this auction, and there had to be at least one bid? What is the "winning" strategy, assuming that everyone will want to do what is best for them?

Are they friends of yours? Or is this a cutthroat auction? If they were friends of yours, have everyone bid up the line( 1 cent, 2 cents, 3 cents...) until it got time for your bid. Then get the dollar, and split it among everyone.

Posted by Gamer on 2003-06-03 02:08:47