HE may have the right to do this but all buyers have the right to "snipe"
according to reality as well as ebay's rules and standards. if there is 1
second left and you pop in a winning bid then others have to deal with it
and the buyer *should* be mature enough to enjoy the money earned by the
final bid. What business is it of the seller that the final bid was posted
in the lst 2 minutes anyway? I never post a bid before the last 30 seconds.
I need to make sure that I don't ever partonize this person's auctions.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
[mailto:owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Glen Goodwin
Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2002 11:45 PM
To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
Subject: WTF? (was Re: Microdata "Microprogramming Handbook")
> From: Ian Koller <vze2mnvr_at_verizon.net>
> I looked at it, then checked your "me" page, then gave up.
>
> If you want auctions that automatically extend, you have
> that option as a seller on Yahoo.
Ian, thanks for pointing this out. For the group, here's a snippet from
Pat's Ebay "me" page:
[begin snippet]
I reserve the right not to honor any bid made during the last 2 minutes of
one of my auctions. Also, I
maintain a list of everyone who has ever "bid sniped" me on any auction
that I was a bidder on, and I
reserve the right to not honor any bids on my auction items from any bidder
on that list.
[snippet ends]
I don't have a lot of Ebay experience, but I was under the impression that
it was a fairly level playing field, albeit one where "anything goes." If
someone comes up against me with a faster machine and a faster connection,
then I may be sniped. Oh well. This guy carries grudges and does not
appear to be a trustworthy person to deal with. I'll look more closely at
"me" pages in the future. Sheesh!
Glen
0/0
> Pat Barron wrote:
> >
> > I happened across one of these recently, and have no real interest in
> > Microdata. So, I've listed the thing on eBay, check it out if
> > interested...
> >
> > http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1326034396
> >
> > --Pat.
Received on Sun Jan 27 2002 - 00:52:38 GMT