Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Mark gives sound advice. But Cotty's the name, Sniping's the game. > >With all due respect, 60 seconds is far to much time to allow the >competition to reload the page and hit with a higher bid. My usual bid >time is at T-minus 12 seconds.
Actually, mine is T-15 seconds. I just mentioned 60 seconds as a starting point for a beginner! >My closest-to-auction-finish bid time was T-minus 3 seconds. I *think* I had one come in at two seconds once when the net was running really slowly (I had clicked at my usual T-15 sec). >I'm confident I can do it down to one second, but >daren't try because I only bid on things I really want. You're a braver man than I! All the hints below are excellent, by the way. The mark of a true fanatic. >Hints: > >I keep a small window at the bottom of the screen all ready to go with >the 'submit' button visible, a much larger window with the auction >towards the top of the screen. This can be reloaded at intervals to >confirm connection reliability. If it's REALLY important, a stand-by >computer is fired up and ready to go with windows ready and waiting, but >obviously (on my modem connections) would take twenty seconds to hook up >should the main machine crash / freeze / go U/S for any reason. > >Guage connection delay by refreshing the auction page at intervals of one >minute, prior to the auction finish. EG if auction due to finish at >12:04:15, then try reloading the page at 12:02:15, then check 'auction >finishes in XXX' time for delay. If it says 'auction finishes in 1 minute >58 seconds, then you know it took 2 seconds for your reload to register >at the eBay end, and so will your bid.....probably. I do 12 seconds, >although I've been an adrenalin junkie recently with some 7 second hits. >Love it! If that don't unclog the arteries, nothing will! > >Oh yeah, bid high, if you really want it, that is... -- Mark Roberts www.robertstech.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
