28 Apr
2003
28 Apr
'03
3:22 a.m.
On Sun, 27 Apr 2003, steve wrote:
Maybe if you had multiple windows up with a
predefined
bid alreadly placed into another window (where all you
have to do is click a mouse button) you could do it
one out of 10 times (server response is typically
seconds, both on your end and ebays end), but I doubt
you could enter a new bid value based on the new
information of the sniped bid, which is what you
really need to be able to do, but I suppose in theory
its possible.
Not only is it possible but I've done it before.
If you automated the process with a intelligent
sniper
that could read the current ebay bid, well then, I
guess you would have a bunch of computers bidding
against each other in a true open bid auction, that I
agree with. (hmm, I wonder is thats coming)
It wouldn't be too much more to program some of these sniping services to
do just that. But it would rely on the speed of eBay's servers, which
are prone to all manner of problems.
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