30 Mar
2009
30 Mar
'09
7:21 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sridhar Ayengar" <ploopster at gmail.com>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 3:13 PM
Subject: Re: I [don't] hate E-Bay (was Cromemco 68000 on ebay)
Richard wrote:
Depends, if you just want something for the initial bid and somebody has
already bid you might not want to bother bidding at all. Sniping is only
good for high value items that will get a dozen bids anyway.
In article <49D10D9E.4010001 at
gmail.com>,
Sridhar Ayengar <ploopster at gmail.com> writes:
Of course. The point he was trying to make is that non-snipe bidding is
counterproductive for the user bidding and just about everyone else.
Peace... Sridhar You missed what he said. He was encouraging
people to snipe. He was
against people bidding *before* the last 30 seconds.
I'll bid anyway, anyhow, anywhere I please....