E-bay complaints: was Re: "Response" from seller with the "Apple-1"

[9000 VAX]

Sniping is good. I bid on an item *without* sniping  and I bid my max
bid of $20. At the last minute, a guy bid $5, then $8, then $16. I
ended up with paying $16.5. If I sniped it, I would have paid $5.5.

On 7/8/05, Gary Sparkes <mokuba at gmail.com> wrote:
> Ah, all the sniping services I've seen just jack the bid up by a set
> incriment
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> On 7/8/05 1:31 PM, "Vintage Computer Festival" <vcf at siconic.com> wrote:
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> > On Fri, 8 Jul 2005, Gary Sparkes wrote:
> >
> >> I don't rely on snipe services - unless they jack you to your max
> >> *instantly* instead of in incriments, nailing your highest at the last
> >> minute and having the snipe program check and raise and check and raise
> >> takes time, and it most likely won't hit your max during that last single
> >> minute, heh
> >
> > If a sniper service works like that then it's foolish and retarded.  The
> > main reason I use a sniping service is to manage my bids for me.  First of
> > all, for all the obvious reasons, bidding anytime before the imminent end
> > of an eBay auction is pointless.  Second, I submit what I'm willing to
> > pay, and the sniper gets my bid in at the last possible reasonable second.
> > If I win, great.  If I win for less than what I was willing to pay, even
> > better.  If I don't, terrific!  I saved my money for a rainy day.
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