2 May
2018
2 May
'18
9:20 a.m.
On May 2, 2018, at 09:08, Chuck Guzis via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
Although eBay in the past has tried to kill off sniping because it
reduces the number of visits an individual might pay to their site, I
think they've given up with trying to kill the sniping system.
If eBay really wanted to kill sniping and maximize winning bids, I think they could simply
change the format from fixed ending time to automatically extending the auction period N
minutes past the last bid. There would still be some benefit to a bidder for bidding late
and hoping nobody notices, but there would always be a window of up to N minutes for other
bidders to decide to increase their losing bid. It would end up as a a hybrid of proxy bid
+ live auction.
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Mark J. Blair, NF6X <nf6x at nf6x.net>
http://www.nf6x.net/