Snipe S/W?

From: Iggy Drougge <optimus_at_canit.se>
Date: Thu Dec 21 12:14:28 2000

On Wed, 20 Dec 2000, Marvin wrote:

> Iggy Drougge wrote:
>
> > On Ebay, the
> > auctions do instead go on for weeks, and jumping in at the very end of this
> > time frame is really quite dishonest. Some play with their cards on the table,
> > whereas the snipers literally rip the thing out of your hands. It's really
> > annoying, and and example of very bad behaviour.
>
> Annoying? Perhaps, but bad behavior? No way. Re: playing with their cards on
> the table; I don't really understand what you are saying here. If the
> bidders bid their maximum bid at any time during the bidding, whether they
> were sniped or not is irrelevant. Saying that early bidders should have
> priority over those that bid at the last minute (and I don't *think* you are
> saying that) would also be wrong.
>
> The whole sniping issue is not about bidding late in the game, but rather
> one of the perceived worth of an item. Snipers and non-snipers are both
> trying to get something at the lowest price and the issue of sniping or not
> sniping is just smoke and mirrors. Bidding what someone thinks an item is
> worth has no relationship to the time the bid was submitted.

Anyone could increment their bid by a dollar. Doing that by the last
minute is dishonest. Certainly, it's playing by the rules, but that's
because the rules are a mess.
Received on Thu Dec 21 2000 - 12:14:28 GMT