27 Apr
2003
27 Apr
'03
6:07 p.m.
--- Vintage Computer Festival <vcf(a)siconic.com> wrote:
On Sun, 27 Apr 2003, steve wrote:
I take exception to your claim that one has no way
to enter a bid within
the last 5 seconds if someone tops yours. There are
numerous ways to
achieve this, with the lowest tech way being to have
multiple windows open
with different bids ready to be submitted while you
constantly refresh the
item page.
Maybe if you had multiple windows up with a predefined
bid alreadly placed into another window (where all you
have to do is click a mouse button) you could do it
one out of 10 times (server response is typically
seconds, both on your end and ebays end), but I doubt
you could enter a new bid value based on the new
information of the sniped bid, which is what you
really need to be able to do, but I suppose in theory
its possible.
If you automated the process with a intelligent sniper
that could read the current ebay bid, well then, I
guess you would have a bunch of computers bidding
against each other in a true open bid auction, that I
agree with. (hmm, I wonder is thats coming)
Again, while I agree that the basic premise of your
description of eBay
auctions can be correct under the right
circumstances,
Yes, thats all I am trying to say (excuse me as I am
thinking on the fly), its really a hybrid auction
model, the higher the interest in the auction item,
the more snipes are likely to occur, and the more the
auction appears to simulate a sealed bid auction
format.
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