On Wed, 23 May 2001 15:50:02 -0400 ip500 <ip500_at_home.com> writes:
> At the risk of being tedious: You didn't get "sniped" ...
> someone just bid more than you thought it was worth! With the
> proxy bid system..
> IT IS IMPOSSIBLE to get sniped unless they will pay more than
> your MAXIMUM allowable bid price .. ie: They just wanted it
> more than you did.
Hah, what a bunch of bologna. At the time, I'd a bid more;
this particular asswipe waited until the final 10 seconds to
place his first (and only) bid-- leaving me with no time to
post another bid. Had I know he was out there, I'd a done
things a little differently.
SInce then, I've learned to be an asswipe on e-bay. It's
only way you're going to get anything there. I don't
post *any* bids until the last 5 seconds or so. There is
no such thing as civility or fair play there-- Only winners
and losers: You have to be an asswipe if you wanna win.
An auction conducted on this list (or at least started here)
would be more in keeping with the ideas of civility *and*
fair play.
More than $0.02 but what the heck . . .
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Received on Wed May 23 2001 - 17:24:12 BST