19 Dec
2000
19 Dec
'00
11:57 p.m.
Sellam Ismail wrote:
On Tue, 19 Dec 2000, Marvin wrote:
I agree with this, but as Sellum pointed out before there is a solution
and that's the time extension. Make a last millisecond bid and it gets
extended x minutes. Snipe software could still be used (as a software
agent) but it wouldn't allow for the last split second frantic bidding.
Technically ebay does have an option to post your max bid but there are
ways to abuse that (which I don't do).
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Not an excellent idea as it caters to those
people that can be online when
the auction closes and discriminates against those that can't.
Four syllables: software agents.