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(...) Not if you've been shot. Snipers can ruin your whole day. (25 years ago, 27-Apr-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) My definition of 'sniper' is someone who places a bid so near to the close of a fixed-ending auction that other bidders cannot respond to the new bid, even if they want to. In live auctions, you always have the choice to rebid. Or not. (...) (...) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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I have'nt received any bids for this sets. Are there anything wrong. Maybe it's a problem that I want the bids in NOK (Norwegian Kroner)? I have one used 4564 Freight Express and one new 4555 Container Depot for auction. Auction starts today. #1 (...) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) Go ahead. And realise that your feedback will be responded to, pointing out that the auction was run in compliance with the rules as they were stated in the auction listing. So it won't count for much, I don't think. If we devise a way to (...) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) You know, even live auctions can have "snipers". Steve, I am sorry I struck a nerve with you. I certainly just added my $0.02 to the mix. I did not realize you were so very passionate about e-bay. Unlike the government, or more importantly the (...) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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Steve Bliss wrote in message <3725ea01.338184973@...et.com>... (...) Sorry!!!...!!! (25 years ago, 27-Apr-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) True: Then complain about e-bay to someone who can change it... e-bay!!! (25 years ago, 27-Apr-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) Intelligent adults don't abuse exclamation marks. Try again. Steve (25 years ago, 27-Apr-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) We've been through that, it doesn't hold up when there are multiple auctions being run simultaneously, read old messages for more details. (...) Why? I complain about my government, but I use it anyway. Not like I have a choice, or anything. A (...) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) I do!!! If you say something goes off sale and remove it before I get a chance to bid (or snipe), you will get negative feedback. I think most any buyer on e-bay will agree. Sometimes I see when an item goes off, and then try to log on when I (...) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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-----Original Message----- From: John DiRienzo <jdiri14897@email.msn.com> Newsgroups: lugnet.market.auction Date: Tuesday, April 27, 1999 12:33 AM Subject: Re: [DISC] Shortcircuit eBay? (...) STOP WHINING! If your buyer was willing to pay $50 above (...) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) This has been discussed in detail before. Several dozen appends right here in this very group debunk this line of reasoning, at least for a significant fraction of buyers. You might want to review that rather than repeating the same argument (...) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) Yeah, that's crap. I think I understand how SC has tried to give somewhat equal treatment to firm and proxy bids, but, in my mind, no matter what kind of bid you make, you ought to have to beat the previous high bid by the minimum increment. (...) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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One other thing -- the 'established high-bidder' approach requires the seller to analyze and know who is the 'established high-bidder'. In most auctions, this wouldn't be a problem. Just check once a day, and see who's got the item. But if there was (...) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) This is a problem in my idea, but I don't think it would actually come into play in real life. I'm assuming X is relatively short, like 5-10 minutes. But even if it is relatively long, like 1-2 hours, I wouldn't expect that bidders could keep (...) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) <snip> If he was willing to pay 50$ more wy didn't he put his proxy 50$ more in the first place? By snipping at the end of an auction give you the chance of winning the bid for lest money. Bidder A put a bid of 50$ with proxy of 100$ 3 day (...) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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Whoa, hold on there, pardner! I don't know if I'd equate the two! You could just shoot someone who drives like that;-) As far as sniping goes, I have come in late on occasion and put in last minute bids but the difference was that, sometimes, the (...) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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Larry, I think you already pointed this out - I had mentioned to Todd (in (...) Ouch. Chris, you are obscure! And *I* thought it was Jude;-) Check out (URL) (...) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) Yes, but worse. But we digress. (25 years ago, 27-Apr-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) Was this on your mondo set of lots that all ended at the same time? Guess that it didn't prevent sniping (of one lot) after all. Bummer. my condolences to the snipee. Another idea along these lines is to announce in the setup that any and all (...) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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