Amiga items on eBay -- advertising auctions on classiccmp

From: Russ Blakeman <rhblake_at_bigfoot.com>
Date: Sun Apr 29 15:54:11 2001

I know the feeling - my dialup decides to disconnect me from the server
about the same time your cable modem resyncs.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
> [mailto:owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Tony Eros
> Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2001 12:13 PM
> To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
> Subject: Re: Amiga items on eBay -- advertising auctions on classiccmp
>
>
> Yeah, but in much the same way that the phone knows when you're taking a
> bath, my cable modem knows when I'm planning to snipe and on at
> least three
> occasions decided to start resynching with the network about a minute
> before the end of an auction I wanted.
>
> -- Tony
>
> At 09:27 AM 4/29/2001 -0700, you wrote:
>
>
> >"Jeffrey S. Sharp" wrote:
> > >
> > > Quoting Jeff Hellige <jhellige_at_earthlink.net>:
> > > > The current bidding system leaves much to be desired.
> > >
> > > I agree. There is absolutely no incentive to *not* wait until there
> > > are 30 seconds left to go in an auction.
> >
> >As the saying goes, those of you who wait until the last minute
> to bid will
> >always get
> >beat out by those of us who wait until the last *second*.
>
Received on Sun Apr 29 2001 - 15:54:11 BST