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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 23:01:37 GMT
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In lugnet.market.auction, Frank Filz writes:
> Dave Schuler wrote:
> > 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 outbid, then one is outbid. That's the name of the game!
> > I've sniped on one or two occasions, and I've been sniped on dozens of
> > others. In one auction I was sniped within 10 seconds of the auction's
> > close, but I'd been watching for it on two open browsers, so I re-sniped and
> > won with about two or three seconds to go.
> > So the quick answer to Scott is, while you may be unlucky, in this case
> > you merely got stung by the same bee that gets everyone on ebay sooner or
> > later. Out of curiosity, was the sniper's bid higher than you'd have been
> > willing to go, or was it merely higher than you'd bid already?
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> All you can determine is that the sniper's bid is $1 higher than your
> current max bid.
Oh, duh! I forgot about that--I've been off of ebay for a while...
Dave!
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 | | Re: Ebay sniper? you make the call
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| (...) All you can determine is that the sniper's bid is $1 higher than your current max bid. Personally, I just bid what I want to bid for the item. I may re-evaluate later, but most times I bid up front. Of course this does give the sniper the (...) (22 years ago, 19-Nov-02, to lugnet.market.auction)
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