26 Oct
1998
26 Oct
'98
5:59 a.m.
I could
imagine two possible ways - first add 1 hour after every
(successful) bid. Or, second just state the ending day and put
the ending time on a random moment.
I would prefere the last one, because it would reflect the
idea of proxy bidding - bid once and let the eBay do its job.
Ooh, I like that
second idea!
For a long time, I've been advocating the first idea (automatic extension),
but it does have some drawbacks: - Still requires that e-mail to the person outbid be
faster than
the time remaining in the auction (a big problem now).
- Potential for the "never-ending auction".
- Offerer requirements that an auction *must* end by a certain time.
Jep. If not eBay, maybe another system will pick up the idea.
This could maybe give em the right difference for competition.
The whole computer bidding idea is to save nerves.
As you can tell, I've bee sniped too.
This is the first time I realy likes a thing so much, that
I had put up a real high bid - and every thing seamed to
work out well :(
Gruss
H.
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Ich denke, also bin ich, also gut
HRK