On Tue, 24 Feb 2004, Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
> On Tue, 24 Feb 2004, David V. Corbin wrote:
>
> > Personally, I wish that the auction would be more like a real world one
> > where the auction ended (after a suitable startup delay) when not bids had
> > been placed for a specific interval (30 minutes?). This would more
> > accurately reflect a "real world" open auction. IMsnHO.....
>
> And that's exactly how the Vintage Computer Marketplace works.
>
> "Snipe-Proof Auctions"
Yes, Ebay's allowing sniping is really kind of sleazy, You think its a real
auction with some idea that the visible bid prices mean something when in fact
by allowing sniping its really a sealed bid auction... Sleazy
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Peter Wallace
Mesa Electronics
Received on Wed Feb 25 2004 - 10:42:36 GMT