Sniping (was Re: Vax 4000/90)

Tue May 17 01:06:56 CDT 2005

On 5/16/05, Jay West <jwest at classiccmp.org> wrote:

> A couple of times, a friend emailed me "hey, why did you snipe it from
> me?"... the truth is, I didn't even know he was bidding

Exactly. By marking the item my friends that know my ID know I'm
there. I suppose if someone were very interested they could just
search for my ID, but it seems like most auctions I bid on are easily
found with a simple search. So if they were doing that, it would mean
they just don't like me, and I haven't made any real enemies yet
AFAIK.