7 Feb
2011
7 Feb
'11
2:51 p.m.
On 2/7/2011 2:31 PM, Richard wrote:
In article<E78F4B388861417E97E0420F8B877AD4 at
massey.ac.nz>,
"Terry Stewart"<terry at webweavers.co.nz> writes:
Huh? A sniper is only whining when forced
to put in an early bid (me)
and am not able to snipe. It is useful as the auction goes on to give
me a number to put in in the last 5 seconds, and I welcome anything that
goes on during the course of the listing, as well as questions answered,
etc.
I can guage whether an outrageous amount will take it in the case of
many questions, and several hundred views, as well as some pre end of
auction bidding. Sometimes it is over my price before I do anything,
and that is fine.
However the only complaint I have posted here is the rats chewing on the
wire taking my money when I do have to put in a fairly large number
early on.
In the case under discussion just bid $16, then maybe $50 (though that
would have taken this) and get the item.
dollar by dollar raising is either stupid or doing something illegal,
both costing me more than a single snipe probably will.
I can't read the mind of the iditio who bid the $16, but there is no
doubt that if I was sniping and he had bid $9, I would have paid $10,
because there were no other bidders.
Jim
Personally I don't see the big deal about
sniping.
Its the snipers who whine about people "ruining" it for them by
bidding up repeatedly during the course of the auction instead of just
bidding once at the end in a crap shoot.