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Re: Ebay sniper? you make the call
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lugnet.market.auction
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Wed, 20 Nov 2002 00:42:14 GMT
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In lugnet.market.auction, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
> > My defense against sniping is to double my bid in the last minute. It can be
> > spectacular.
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> I would highly advise against it. It's a really good way to screw yourself!
> Two people trying the same technique will find one of them paying $20 for a
> $10 item. I've seen it happen many times.
Well, yes, it is like the game of 'chicken'. It can be spectacular.
Recently the other sniper was only going $5 over the minimum bid (which I
was doubling)... suffice it to say there was a lot more than $20 at stake.
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 | | Re: Ebay sniper? you make the call
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| (...) Yes, there is an auto-sniper program. A bidder used it in one of my auctions recently. Then the auto-bidder program had the audacity to *spam* me with a brag that it just won the auction for it's bidder and boy wouldn't I like to use it. I'll (...) (22 years ago, 20-Nov-02, to lugnet.market.auction)
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