(OT) Re: Is This A Shill?

[Mark J. Blair]

On May 2, 2018, at 09:08, Chuck Guzis via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
> 
> Although eBay in the past has tried to kill off sniping because it
> reduces the number of visits an individual might pay to their site, I
> think they've given up with trying to kill the sniping system.

If eBay really wanted to kill sniping and maximize winning bids, I think they could simply change the format from fixed ending time to automatically extending the auction period N minutes past the last bid. There would still be some benefit to a bidder for bidding late and hoping nobody notices, but there would always be a window of up to N minutes for other bidders to decide to increase their losing bid. It would end up as a a hybrid of proxy bid + live auction.

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