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Re: $2,137.00
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lugnet.market.theory
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Sat, 13 Apr 2002 13:26:27 GMT
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In lugnet.market.theory, Benton Jackson writes:
> Some people don't like "waiting until the last minute", calling it
> "sniping". But I do it all the time, it keeps other people from emotionally
> trying to top what I realistically consider a good price.
Too much stress. I just "bid and forget" most of the time... I just place my
bid & forget all about it. If I win, I get a little e-mail from ebay a few
days later.
Scott A
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> In lugnet.lego.direct, William R. Ward writes:
> > "Pedro Silva" <el_gordo@netc.pt> writes:
> > > In lugnet.lego.direct, Frank Filz writes:
> > > > If you look carefully, you will see that the higher bids are older, and
> > > > thus were "proxy" bids (where you bid what you really think you want to
> > > > pay for the item, then the system submits the lowest possible bid for
> > > > you, and then automatically ups your bid as people come along later and
> > > > attempt to outbid you). • [...]
> > > > Now I have upped my bid even when I do hold the high bid, when I decide
> > > > my current high bid isn't really the highest I'm willing to bid.
> > >
> > > Most convenient, the whole system. Does it work as intended, never creating
> > > any sort of issues?
> >
> > It tends to drive up the final price, in my opinion. I think it's
> > better to wait until the last minute (or in some cases, the last 10
> > seconds) of an auction before submitting your true highest bid...
> >
> > --Bill.
> >
> > XFUT: lugnet.market.theory
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