I wouldn't be surprised to see eBay switch to something like this. Why miss out on the opportunity to generate a little extra income.
John Wood Red Lodge, MT
On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 5:24 PM, Noah John Gellner <ngellner@gmail.com>
wrote:
> On Yahoo Japan's auction site sniping was eliminated by a rule that says
> that the auction ends 10 minutes after the last bid.
>
> As an Ebay buyer I like sniping because I pick my number, set it up and
> forget it. My worst wins are where I was punching in numbers by hand. As
> a
> seller I'd prefer to see less last 10 second pops.
>
> On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 7:15 PM, greg piwonka <paseone@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > i sorta think the problem is the idea that your "winning"
> > something...rathe
> > r than buying something.
> > greg "lost plenty of items due to sniping, but thats okay" piwonka
> > austin tx
> >
> >
> > > Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2008 19:01:36 -0500
> > > To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> > > From: johnb@oxford.net
> > > Subject: Re: [CR]Ebay ethics, last minute bidding, sniping etc....
> > >
> > > At 02:59 PM 23/02/2008 -0800, Derek Willburn wrote:
> > > >Sniping has nothing to do with it. If you get beaten
> > > >on ebay, it's because someone else was willing to pay
> > > >more than you -pretty simple.
> > >
> > > Well, yes and no. Lately I've been manually sniping in the last half
> > minu
> > te
> > > or so, but my maximum bid has been what I'd made up my mind beforehand
> > th
> > at
> > > the item was worth to me. Sure, I could have entered that bid anytime,
> > bu
> > t
> > > I've held off because so many folks get caught up in the chase and go
> > ove
> > r
> > > what they originally figured was a reasonable maximum just to get the
> > ite
> > m
> > > for an exhorbitant price. Some might even keep bidding to drive the
> > price
> > > up beyond what they would ever pay just to screw another bidder with
> > deep
> > > pockets who wants the item even more. In my opinion, that's quite
> > > counterproductive because it artificially drives up price of that
> > > particular item and affects future auctions. But that's how eBay wants
> > it
> > .
> > > They want people to pay more than they really think the item is worth.
> > > Otherwise, they could just make it a silent auction where everyone
> > enters
> > > their maximum bid with the highest one winning the item and no
> emotions
> > > involved. I much prefer entering my maximum as late as is possible
> with
> > m
> > y
> > > computer and connection and take my chances. If someone else outbids
> me
> > a
> > > second from the end with the help of software, so be it. Those using
> > > sniping aids have already predetermined the maximum they will pay. If
> > it'
> > s
> > > more than I'd pay, good luck to them. There's more fish in the sea.
> > >
> > > John Betmanis
> > > Woodstock, Ontario
> > > Canada
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