At 11:57 AM 10/26/98 -0700, you wrote:
4. Finally, to avoid heartache from being sniped,
don't assume you have
a thing until you get the notification you won. Until you get that,
the thing isn't yours.
I once bid on an item and saw the "auction has closed" screen. Then, ebay
decided that because a problem came up shortly after the auction closed,
they would reset all the auctions (even the ones not affected) to close one
day later. Imagine my surprise when I checked MyEbay and saw the auction
was open again!
--------------------------------------------------------------------- O-
Uncle Roger "There is pleasure pure in being mad
roger(a)sinasohn.com that none but madmen know."
Roger Louis Sinasohn & Associates
San Francisco, California
http://www.sinasohn.com/