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Re: ebay just made snipping easier...
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lugnet.market.theory
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Fri, 11 Feb 2000 19:08:32 GMT
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In lugnet.market.theory, Kevin Wilson wrote:
> Scottt A wrote:
> > It is not my day:
> > 1. I meant sellers
> > 2. Kevin wilso covered this point a good 14 hours before me.
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> And no-one commented on it. Oh well... time will tell what effects this
> willl have. So far not much that I can see (probably because most people
> haven't started using it yet) but I agree Scott, it encourages sniping,
> and it is bad for sellers. Probably bad for buyers in the long run too,
> because it will be even harder to get the lot you want without sniping.
I don't think being able to use the server to put a watch on item is going to
have a negative effect. If anything, it will serve to increase final selling
prices.
Anyone who is serious about sniping already has a system to keep track of
interesting auctions. More than likely they use a piece of software running on
their own computer. So eBay's watch service is going to have little impact on
this group of people, except to possibly simplify their lives.
People who didn't have a system to track auctions now have one. I will
occasionally scan the list of LEGO auctions on eBay, but I quickly forget what
was there, and potentially miss out on stuff because I don't re-scan often
enough. If I can flag auctions when I see them, I'm more likely to bid on them
later.
Steve
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| (...) And no-one commented on it. Oh well... time will tell what effects this willl have. So far not much that I can see (probably because most people haven't started using it yet) but I agree Scott, it encourages sniping, and it is bad for sellers. (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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