eBay being sued over patent infringement

From: steve <gkicomputers_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Fri Apr 25 14:14:00 2003

--- Jeffrey Sharp <jss_at_subatomix.com> wrote:
 
> So what happens when you and I both use the same
> sniping service on the same
> auction for the same bid?

The bid placed earlist would win (well, assuming no
other higher bids were placed). You tell esnipe
exactly when to bid (its accurate to a few seconds).

No two ebay bids occur at exactly the same time, even
with a sniping service. So even if we both tell
esnipe to bid 5 seconds before the auction ends. One
may be placed 5.01 seconds and the other perhaps 4.99
seconds before the auction ends. Depends how the
server ques us up...
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Received on Fri Apr 25 2003 - 14:14:00 BST

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