7 Feb
2011
7 Feb
'11
3:15 p.m.
That makes no sense.
sniping does not drive up prices like early bidding does.
anyone who knows fleabay knows that bidding early has the only effect of driving the price
up.
there's no point in bidding early, none at all.
You're not going to win, and you have no hope of winning, regardless of the outcome,
unless you're going to drive the price up so high that you've priced it out of the
market.
I've seen guys drive the price of an old sun server worth max $1500 up to over $5000
using tactics you talk about.
go ahead, keep it, I can buy 3 of them with cash left over for that price.
the best time to bid is in the last 5 minutes, or if you absolutely must,
the last day.
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: Sniping Does Not Require Justification!
From: legalize at xmission.com
Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2011 16:10:51 -0700
In article <4ECF66BD444.000006A5n0body.h0me at inbox.com>,
N0body H0me <n0body.h0me at inbox.com> writes:
Considering that 'straight up and early'
only drives up prices, you'd think it
would, though.
The only person who complains about "driving up prices" are the people
who aren't willing to bid enough to win the item.
Sniping also "drives up prices" if you don't win.
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