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Re: Ebay sniper? you make the call
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lugnet.market.auction
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Tue, 19 Nov 2002 22:03:46 GMT
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In lugnet.market.auction, Scott Costello writes:
> 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.
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> Scott
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. Although, sniping isn't really playing dirty, it's just
playing :). If you don't like the play, don't play.
Ron
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| (...) I concur--the fact that "sniping" can work at all suggests that the "sniped" bidder was withholding a higher bid in hope of scoring a deal; after all, one's bid is nominally the amount that one is willing to pay for the item, and if one it (...) (22 years ago, 19-Nov-02, to lugnet.market.auction)
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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 (...) (22 years ago, 19-Nov-02, to lugnet.market.auction)
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