Snipe S/W?

From: Neil Cherry <ncherry_at_home.net>
Date: Tue Dec 19 19:40:58 2000

Sellam Ismail wrote:
>
> On Tue, 19 Dec 2000, Dave McGuire wrote:
>
> > - Bid odd amounts...not $150.00, but $156.56. Shift to the high side
> > of ones or cents. Often people will bid even amounts like
> > $150.00 or slightly higher like $150.01.
>
> Just bid $1 million. You'll be guaranteed to get it everytime.

I'm not so sure about that, I've seen way too many that just keep bidding.

> > Is sniping morally wrong? I dunno, ask a priest. Is it rude?
> > Definitely. But there are SO many people who do it, screw it. If you
> > snipe someone and can't live with yourself afterwards, then don't
> > snipe anymore. But if you're sick of BEING sniped, or of simply not
> > winning the auctions that you want to win, then go for it. It's a
> > cold, cruel world out there.
>
> Unfortunately, eBay's retarded auction mechanism promotes the use of
> sniping. As I've argued before, it encourages over-bidding.

Hmmm, I'm not sure it does (in my case only). I setup a snipe for the max
amount I want and not anymore. I've always assumed (yea, I know) that others
sniped also. I usually bid on some pretty weird stuff. Not many people
will bid a Cisco ASM (a 64 port terminal server (64(base 10) = o100(base 8)
:-).

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