On the subject of "bid sniping", I recently contracted
with Sothebys.com to auction some art work (not my
personal stuff mind you, but work related), and they
have a feature called "popcorn bidding", where the bid
stays open 5 minutes from the last bid. The bids
"start to close" at say 10:00AM, and will continue as
long as bids are made. Great for the seller (more
$$), and a solution to bid sniping. All in all, I
think I like this method. A competitor of E-Bay could
certainly eat into the market by employing this
method...
I too have sniped, but ususlly get sniped on E-Bay.
It is just the rules of the game. DSL and Cable modem
folks RULE!
Mike Harper
Charleston SC
--- Adam Bradley <ambradley@attbi.com> wrote:
> Part of the mystique of auctions is the fact that
> the auction isn't closed
> until the last minute. If you really want a part
> you need to be there for
> that last minute and bid up a bit higher just in
> case someone tries to
> "snipe" you. I rarely snipe; I'll usually bid a bit
> low first, then raise
> my bid at the last minute - really in the last 5-10
> seconds - if my bid
> still stands.
>
> Maybe he shouldn't have replied, or replied
> differently, but he followed
> the rules. Sniper bids are allowed. You're
> chastising someone after you
> commited an ettiquete faux pas - you sent out an
> email in anger. You
> should have just let it go.
>
> At 08:50 PM 8/20/2002 -0700, Andrew Murphy wrote:
> >Recently I bid on a part that I really wanted. Now
> I have lost auctions
> >before, but this time it really bummed me out. I
> put what I thought was a
> >very high maximum bid for the part and watched the
> auction closely.
> >
> >For three days I was the high bidder. Sure enough,
> in the last minute of the
> >auction, someone bid one dollar higher than I and
> "sniped" the auction away
> >from me. For some reason it pissed me off and I
> sent an email to the person
> >saying they were a jerk for bidding at the last
> second for a part. Stupid of
> >me, but I was mad and I do stupid things sometimes
> just like we all do.
> >
> >The guy writes back and says he does not have to
> justify himself to me and
> >that he "just happened" to see the auction at the
> last second, decided he
> >wanted the part, and bid high enough to beat my bid
> by a dollar. He then
> >says I am harrasing him, he's forwarding my email
> to ebay and for me to
> >never to write to him again.
> >
> >Right.
> >
> >The guy is a liar. No one bids in the last minute
> after "happening" on the
> >part. He's a roadster guy. He checks ebay all the
> time. The fact that he got
> >so angry with me proves he felt he needed to
> rationalize a poor act. He
> >should have just trashed my email and said to
> himself "The guy should get
> >over it". I did. I still am. I could care less what
> this guy thinks of me.
> >
> >Folks, Ebay sniping is poor behavior. We all want
> the great parts. I pledge
> >to this list that I will bid early and will bid my
> maximum amount when I do.
> >Life is too short to screw people over.
> >
> >No one else need agree to this or even comment on
> it. Sometimes it's OK to
> >do the right thing.
> >
> >Take Care,
> >
> >Andrew Murphy
> >SoCalROC
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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