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Subject: 
eBay Sniping: Interesting View
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Date: 
Wed, 28 Apr 1999 16:12:02 GMT
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Here's a quote from The eBay Underground FAQ,
<http://www.frii.com/~afs/ebay/>, following a section detailing the proper
methods for successfully sniping on eBay:

> In Defense of This Section
> 
> I've gotten some feedback from eBay regulars who say that sniping isn't
> really the nicest or the best way to bid, and may even hurt the sellers.
> Well, no kidding!   I hate sniping!  The reason I've described how and why to
> do it in such excruciating detail is so that everyone will know how to do it,
> start doing it, and thus make eBay's auctions more and more rigged and unfair
> until the uproar and dissatisfaction of buyers and sellers convince eBay's
> management to make the chances necessary so that sniping is no longer an
> effective way of bidding!  But until that happens, sniping is the way of
> placing bids and winning auctions on eBay, so do it and feel good about it
> because not only is it legal, but everyone else is doing it, too!  Thanks
> for your comments, everyone -- I agree with you 110%.

I don't necessarily agree with him, but it is a decent rationalization to
go out and do some snipe-hunting.

BTW, the eBay Underground FAQ is good to read.  No earth-shattering
secrets, but it does cover all the eBay-etiquette basics for both buyers
and sellers.

Steve



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