21 Feb
2011
21 Feb
'11
2:12 a.m.
Chris M wrote:
--- On Fri, 2/18/11, Liam Proven <lproven at
gmail.com> wrote:
Humm I think I'm going to disagree with you there, cirtainly about the
'from concealment' part. The way I see it, you are being sneaky by not
revealing your interest in an item until it's too late for the other
party to do anything about it. That is why people get pissed off with
snipers. Someone will place a bid on an item, will have the high bid for
most of the auction's run and then in the last ten seconds someone comes
and snatches it out of their hands.
Auctions, nothing. *Sniping,* on the other hand,
and generally
shooting to kill in a cowardly fashion from concealment - AIUI,
she's all about that. ;?)
*Sniping* on eBay has nothing to do w/shooting (or killing) from
concealment. It's simply a term. If the person that got beat out
didn't bid high enough, that's their problem. I once bid the exact
amount someone else did on an item, seconds before it ended, but they
were a second or two earlier. Life goes on. It's playing the game. If you were the SELLER and
someone sniped your
item, you'd be happy.
Humm seems to me if you are the seller you'd be hapyest with whatever
got you the best price for the item you where selling, and as evryone
seemed to previously agree *NOT* sniping drives the price up.
Ebay really isn't a conventional auction is some
respects. Ebay
serves as a proxy for each and every bid. Technically even in a real
auction sniping goes on. In the last seconds before an item is
finalized, someone bids through the roof. It's all the same.
Ah but in a 'real' auction you would get the chance to still up your bid
and therefore win the auction, as the auction would go on until people
stop bidding.
Cheers.
Phill.