29 Apr
2001
29 Apr
'01
5:13 a.m.
Yeah, but in much the same way that the phone knows when you're taking a
bath, my cable modem knows when I'm planning to snipe and on at least three
occasions decided to start resynching with the network about a minute
before the end of an auction I wanted.
-- Tony
At 09:27 AM 4/29/2001 -0700, you wrote:
"Jeffrey S. Sharp" wrote:
Quoting Jeff Hellige <jhellige(a)earthlink.net>et>:
As the saying goes, those of you who wait until the last minute to bid will
always get
beat out by those of us who wait until the last *second*. The current bidding system leaves much to be
desired.
I agree. There is absolutely no incentive to *not* wait until there
are 30 seconds left to go in an auction.