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Re: "Buying Lego" FAQ to link auctions to
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Wed, 13 Oct 1999 05:01:11 GMT
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Larry wrote:

eBay (and contrary to rumor, I won't be wearing a "I love eBay" shirt
anytime soon) is actively discouraging such bots eBay? eBah is more >like it....

Actually I'm glad. One of my nightmares is a sniping 'bot which will
make it impossible for normal human beings ever to win an auction.
Sniping programs already exist though I don't know exactly what they do
or how.

Of course, eBay would probably *welcome* that kind of 'bot. Sigh.

Kevin



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  Re: "Buying Lego" FAQ to link auctions to
 
(...) They keep track of the bidding and then bid at the last possible second. One I saw even allowed you to specify the number of seconds before the end that it would submit the bid. (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory)

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  Re: "Buying Lego" FAQ to link auctions to
 
(...) OK, more specifically then, check out the fibblesnork auction guide which is linked from my site, somewhere, as well as from lugnet. It does NOT list all sites but is a good resource to a number of the more established ones, as well as (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory)

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