25 Feb
2004
25 Feb
'04
10:42 a.m.
On Tue, 24 Feb 2004, Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
On Tue, 24 Feb 2004, David V. Corbin wrote:
Yes, Ebay's allowing sniping is really kind of sleazy, You think its a real
auction with some idea that the visible bid prices mean something when in fact
by allowing sniping its really a sealed bid auction... Sleazy
Personally, I wish that the auction would be more
like a real world one
where the auction ended (after a suitable startup delay) when not bids had
been placed for a specific interval (30 minutes?). This would more
accurately reflect a "real world" open auction. IMsnHO.....
And that's exactly how the Vintage Computer Marketplace works.
"Snipe-Proof Auctions"
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Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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