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Re: Ebay sniper? you make the call
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lugnet.market.theory
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Wed, 20 Nov 2002 17:45:36 GMT
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"Clifton D. Chambers" wrote:
> I agree sniping is part of the game. I am not always happy about sniping but
> I do have a concern with the use of software that jams other bidders from
> bidding on an item near the close of an auction. I have had this happen on
> several occasions over the past couple of months. After the item closes
> everything is back to normal. I know this sounds strange, but it’s true. I
> often bid from home and use a dial up modem. At other times I will bid from
> work that uses a high-speed network connection. The same thing happens on
> both computer systems. Sometimes E-bay will actually tell you that your bid
> is too low and go back and bid a higher amount while showing the exact
> amount of the current bid. I am concerned because I have seen an increase
> in the number of times that an auction is jammed at the last minute. I
> tried to believe that this is because of the number of hits an auction is
> taking at the last minute. Checking the auction counter and the number of
> bids placed on the items does not justify what is occurring. Based on what
> I am seeing this can only be the result of someone using software. I would
> like to know if anyone else has seen this pattern or experienced the same
> problem.
Certainly could be a problem, and not a nice thing to do (and something
that one could take legal action against if it could be proved, and
probably illegal), but I don't have too much sympathy to the snipers
locked out of this, you're trying to beat the system and taking a risk.
The solution to the problem is to play the game the way it was intended,
and bid early (and often :-).
Frank
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| (...) Where was it ever written or explained that the way ebay is 'intended' to work is by bidding early and often? I would argue just the opposite. They are fixed end time auctions. The only thing that functionally has any meaning is being the high (...) (24 years ago, 20-Nov-02, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| (...) I agree sniping is part of the game. I am not always happy about sniping but I do have a concern with the use of software that jams other bidders from bidding on an item near the close of an auction. I have had this happen on several occasions (...) (24 years ago, 20-Nov-02, to lugnet.market.theory)
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