15 May
2005
15 May
'05
12:55 p.m.
Brad Parker wrote:
In my twisted little world I sort of felt there was a
gentlemanly agreement not to snipe each other.
personally I would concider it bad mojo to snipe against
another list member. am I a fool?
I don't think I'd ever deliberately bid against another
list member (or anyone else I know - I've held off
bidding on auctions where the current high bidder is
someone who's previously bought from me!). But if I
happen to set up a sniping tool to bid on something
it's because I don't want the hassle of following
the auction myself. In that case you'll not only
be bid against, but find it was done with a snipe!
FWIW I lose more than I win with tools - because
others obviously value stuff more than I do (or
are not willing to play the long game and try
again when the next one comes up). So really
everyone still has an equal chance - open with
a low bid to declare interest and then load
up the sniping tool with your maximum bid.
Just like a real auction but without the emotion :-)
Antonio
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Antonio Carlini arcarlini at iee.org