Outbid

From: Dave McGuire <mcguire_at_neurotica.com>
Date: Sun Oct 17 16:55:14 1999

On Sun, 17 Oct 1999, Allison J Parent wrote:
><One thing that I myself forget at eBay is that you can state a maximum bid
><and the machine will automagically bid for you in the stated increments
><until the auction either ends or your maximum bid limit is reached.
>
>Ick, my machine can out bid you machine. Ah, shades of the 87 stockmarket.
>
>I think I stay away from online auctions for another few years.

  Well...pick all you want...I, for one, have systematically crossed off dozens
of items from my "wish list", some going back fifteen years or more, because of
eBay and learning how to actually win auctions there.

  It might be icky and disgusting, but it's rather effective.

                 -Dave McGuire
Received on Sun Oct 17 1999 - 16:55:14 BST