As a buyer I love to snipe. As a seller I wish that an auction would not end until there has been no activity for 30 minutes. Like the old telephone auctions.
-----Original Message----- From: MoPo List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alan Bayersdorfer Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 1:54 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MOPO] Watching and Waiting Why does sniping on Ebay get such a bad rap. Auction theory suggests I want the maximum information from fellow bidders, while I provide minimum information of my interest and my reservation price...this is true whether a traditional auction, a Dutch auction, a silent auction or ebay, etc. I don't use a sniping program on ebay because I enjoy the sport of bidding at the end of an ebay auction - however, I'm not going to provide information about my interest in an item I really want until the last few seconds of the auction. Not only is bidding in the last seconds within the rules, its the only way to win desirable items on ebay. Alan Bayersdorfer --- Michael B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > nice post, JR > > i never thought about that encoded-type bid. > interesting!!! but we have discussed other > methods to frustrate the snipers. > > but, JR, the truth is that i, too, have used a snipe > service or bid myself 25/20 seconds before an > auction's ended!!! > > michael > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo > Mailing List > > Send a message addressed to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the BODY of your message type: > SIGNOFF MOPO-L > > The author of this message is solely responsible > for its content. > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
