[Coco] [Color Computer] Bid Sniping

[tlindner at ix.netcom.com]

glenvdb <glenvdb at hotmail.com> wrote:

> --- In ColorComputer at yahoogroups.com, "glenvdb" <glenvdb at h...> wrote:
> > 
> > Thanks for the advice, but I realy think that bid sniping is 
> > unethical and immoral and should be outlawed.
> > -Just my 2 cents.
> > 
> Maybe I should explain this stance before I get flamed again. As both
> a buyer and seller on E-bay, I believe everyone should have the 
> chance to bid fairly on any product. I think, that every buyer should
> see what the last bidder's max is, because that will give them the 
> choice if they want to bid. I think bidding wars are great. They give
> the seller the best possible price for the product, and it shows how 
> much bidders want the product.
> Bid sniping is just plain wrong! I rank it right up there with 
> spammers and those who advcate kiddey porn. Why, then have 7 or 5 day
> auctions on e-bay. If you have to bid snipe,then level the playing 
> field, and get E-bay to make EVERY auction only 30 seconds long. 
> Thats fair.

I think the ones who want to have a chance to respond to every bid are
gaming the system.

Tim's Ebay philosophy:

"Bid the maximum you are willing to pay for an item. If you do that
you'll never loose because the other guy paid too much."

And just because I do that at the last possible moment doesn't mean I
need to be lumped together with spammers and child pornographers.

I would like to suggest that back and forth bidding wars do not increase
the final price. Everybody has their maximum. People drop out as soon as
that maximum is surpassed.

I use sniping to avoid bidding wars entirely.

-- 
tim lindner
tlindner at ix.netcom.com


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