Steve, I must concure with Theo. Every ebay auction I have been a part of
ended at the marked second regardless of who was bidding. I well know
because there have been times when I "missed it by that much" (a quote from
a famous Tiger owner). Tom
----- Original Message -----
From: "Theo Smit" <tsmit@home.com>
To: <SLaifman@SoCal.RR.com>
Cc: <tigers@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 6:16 PM
Subject: Re: [Fwd: Question for seller -- Item #597203138]
> Steve,
> Unless I'm very much wrong, (and I don't think so), that's not the way the
Ebay
> auctions work. On the second that the auction ends, whoever has entered
the
> highest bid wins. I've missed putting in a bid by seconds, and I've
successfully
> won auctions by entering a bid eight seconds before the end. I've also
been
> outbid by entering my bid 15 seconds before, giving enough time for
someone else
> to notice and blow my bid out of the water. If you want to play this game
you
> need a fast internet connection, and you need to have a chronometer you
can
> synchronize to Ebay time. It's not necessary, but it helps to avoid dumb
math
> errors. And yes, it's the arrival time at Ebay that counts, but rarely
have I
> seen more than a few seconds transit time, and that's part of the game. It
helps
> not to take these things too seriously - there are far worse things than
missing
> out on that $500 air cleaner.
>
> Theo
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