22 Dec
2000
22 Dec
'00
9:21 a.m.
On Thu, 21 Dec 2000, Dave McGuire wrote:
On December 21, Aaron Nabil wrote:
I'm not sure I understand how your "very subjective maximum" at all alters
my assertion that using the proxy system entirely sidesteps the problem
of snipers. I think it is safe to say that the "maximum you are willing
to pay" is ALWAYS very subjective.
How does bidding your maximum via the proxy system fail to defuse
snipers just becuase the item is rare?
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Aaron Nabil
If I can offer advise, use the proxy system.
Enter the amount maximum
amount you are willing to pay. You have absolutely, irrevocably defused
ANY danger of sniping.
If the item is commonly available through other sources, sure, I
agree. But lots of stuff on eBay isn't. Rare is the "one of a kind"
item, but if I see something that I've been looking for for years on
eBay, my definition of "maximum" is a very subjective thing...and may
have nothing to do with the "street value" of the item...it has more
to do with how badly I want it, and how much trouble I'd have to go
through to get it elsewhere.