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Re: OT: ebay sniping



Yes, but if you have not 7 days but 7 minutes remaining, wouldn't the 
ebay auto bidding do the same job?

David Lee Myers

On Wednesday, February 26, 2003, at 11:40 AM, Michael LaMeyer wrote:

> The difference is in timing.  If there's 7 days left in the auction, 
> and one
> person outbids you, the price could inflate much faster and farther 
> than if
> this same exchange occured in the final 5 or 10 seconds of the auction.
>
> Mike
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Greg House [mailto:ghunicycle@yahoo.com]
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 11:31 AM
>> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
>> Subject: Re: ebay sniping
>>
>>
>> --- Denis Aldrich <joy_top@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I use automatic bidding software. I enter my max on which
>> auction into the
>>> software. If the price doesn't go over my max, the software
>> will bid for me
>>> in the last (selectable)10/5 seconds. This is the only bid
>> made in my
>>> behalf.
>>
>> Maybe I'm just stupid, but how is this any different then
>> just using ebay's
>> built-in max-bid option? If you put a max greater then your
>> bid, it will
>> automatically up your bid when someone outbids you.
>>
>> Greg
>>
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