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Ebay sniper? you make the call
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Newsgroups:
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lugnet.market.auction
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Date:
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Tue, 19 Nov 2002 21:50:11 GMT
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It’s really not a big deal, but I was bidding on an item on Ebay and I was
out bid, literally 3 seconds before the item closed. Is that even possible?
Was it just extraordinary luck that the winning bidder clicked submit just
under the wire or was there something else afoot? I am just curious, I have
been sniped before, but never with 3 seconds remaining in an auction. Anyone
else have anything like this happen before? I am a pretty unlucky guy so it
could just be me.
Scott
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Message has 5 Replies:
 | | Re: Ebay sniper? you make the call
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| (...) I've had it happen to me and I've done it before also. Once with just 1 second left. Now, no flames, I'm just playing the E-Bay game like a lot of others. I may not like it, but to win, sometimes you have to play just as dirty as others. (...) (22 years ago, 19-Nov-02, to lugnet.market.auction)
| | | Re: Ebay sniper? you make the call
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| (...) Scott, this happens far more often than you'd think. I was teaching a new computer user haw to use ebay yesterday and this exact situation happened. She was shocked that an item could be sniped with only a second remaining in the auction. I (...) (22 years ago, 19-Nov-02, to lugnet.market.auction)
| | | Re: Ebay sniper? you make the call
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| (...) Sure, it can happen. Waiting until three seconds are left is courting disaster what with the net lag demons, but that may be why it happened at 3 rather than 23 seconds. Heck, if I know I'm going to be around for an auction end, I'll put a bid (...) (22 years ago, 19-Nov-02, to lugnet.market.auction)
| | | Re: Ebay sniper? you make the call
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| Moved to .theory in an attempt to not upset Kevin (and because .auction is only for auction ANNOUNCEMENTS) Hey I snipe. Everyone snipes. Sniping is the game you must play on ebay. 9/10 times I must snipe to win. I have a cable (cox) ISP and can (...) (22 years ago, 19-Nov-02, to lugnet.market.theory)
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