If somebody else wants it more than I do, and it willing to pay more than I am, then they should win it, whether they bid the same day I do, or in the last 30 seconds. It is a way of purchasing merchandise or services. Posts: 779 | From: Norfolk | Registered: Nov 2004Īn auction is not a game. In that case, it seems to me that the made-up things are a good deal better than the real ones Suppose we have only dreamed and made up these things like sun, sky, stars, and moon, and Aslan himself.
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Why don't you try the free and excellent JBidWatcher for a while and then come back and tell us whether sniping is actually useless or not. Mousethief, the difference between theory and practice is rather costly on ebay. But there’s nothing to be done about the time zone issue.Īnd if folk are here just to win and get a number I don’t think there a lot to be done to stop a last minute rush, apart from post-auction mockery. For the Brits it will be midday (not too bad if you have work access) while for the Americans it will some time of day that generally I don’t want to be awake at. The people with the biggest advantage in the last few minutes are likely to be the Australians, for whom it will be late evening, prime surfing time (except for those logging in from work). 086 second, 8 hops I'm thinking the locals in the UK might have a few millisecond advantage being closer. better check the ping rate and trace route. Get ready for The Battle of the Broadbands! I wonder if my 6/mbs cable can smoke your 33.6/kbs dialup? Let's see. What? Change the rules in the middle of the game? Posts: 63536 | From: Washington | Registered: Jul 2001 This is the last sig I'll ever write for you. If they bid more than they're willing to pay (or less than they're willing to pay, if they really really want the item), that's stupid and if they bid what they are willing to pay, it shouldn't matter when they do it. People bidding at the last minute on eBay are morons. Which is how an auction should work anyway: the person willing to pay the most, gets the goods. Then if somebody outbids you (and it matters not a whit when they do it), it is because they were willing to pay more than you were. The solution is to bid what you are willing to pay. Posts: 12010 | From: Gone fishing | Registered: Oct 2004
They’ll have me whipp’d for speaking true thou’lt have me whipp’d for lying and sometimes I am whipp’d for holding my peace. That way as soon as we get into "end range" people will bid for fear of having the auction end without their bids. Maybe some sort of "auctioneer's tax" that increases the closer we get to the end? Or maybe rather than ending all auctions on a fixed date and at a fixed time, just pick the closing point at random from a number of days and times. I don't really know what to suggest though. Otherwise this will be boring right up till the last day of the auction. I think there should be some mechanism to avoid ebay-type last second sniping. Thread: Auction introduction and questions
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