19 Dec
2000
19 Dec
'00
7:40 p.m.
Sellam Ismail wrote:
Hmmm, I'm not sure it does (in my case only). I setup a snipe for the max
amount I want and not anymore. I've always assumed (yea, I know) that others
sniped also. I usually bid on some pretty weird stuff. Not many people
will bid a Cisco ASM (a 64 port terminal server (64(base 10) = o100(base 8)
:-).
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On Tue, 19 Dec 2000, Dave McGuire wrote:
I'm not so sure about that, I've seen way too many that just keep bidding.
- Bid odd amounts...not $150.00, but $156.56.
Shift to the high side
of ones or cents. Often people will bid even amounts like
$150.00 or slightly higher like $150.01.
Just bid $1 million. You'll be guaranteed to get it everytime. Is sniping
morally wrong? I dunno, ask a priest. Is it rude?
Definitely. But there are SO many people who do it, screw it. If you
snipe someone and can't live with yourself afterwards, then don't
snipe anymore. But if you're sick of BEING sniped, or of simply not
winning the auctions that you want to win, then go for it. It's a
cold, cruel world out there.
Unfortunately, eBay's retarded auction mechanism promotes the use of
sniping. As I've argued before, it encourages over-bidding.