16 Sep
1999
16 Sep
'99
9:10 a.m.
Chuck McManis wrote:
Ebay auctions in my experience follow a very consistent pattern which goes
something like this:
$$ + *
| .
| .
B | ............ .
I $ + ..
D | ..
D | .
|.
+---+---+---+---+ ... +---+
d0 d1 d2 d3 d4 de-1 de
Days of the auction de = ending day.
My experience is similar except that I've noticed the rise time at the end
of the auction is getting steeper as people wise up as to a buying strategy
that seems to reduce the final price, at least on ebay. I've had people
contact me after the auction saying they wanted to bid but missed the
deadline. I might add that I have mostly only tried to follow the Vintage
Computers catagory.