This is one I don't understand. I recently lost an item that I bid on at the last few seconds. I lost because someone who had bid earlier's max bid was the same as my max bid. He bid earlier, he won. Simple as that.
Someone's max bid was higher than Christian's whether that bid was done in the last few seconds or not makes no difference. If the max bids had been the same Cristian's earlier bid would have won. The other sniper had no way of knowing what Cristian's max bid was so he did not win by simply bidding a penny more. Sniping helps you get the item for less than if you started a bidding war earlier on, it does not kept someone from simply outbidding you. Ciao, Graywolf http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto ---------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2002 2:53 AM Subject: Re: pentax-discuss-digest V1 #2387 > <<I've been watching this auction for a couple of days. somebody sniped me > after I had the high bid 30 seconds to go! I hope it was someone on the > list. > > What a bargain!>> > > Christian. You are such a nice-guy. If it were me, I'd be grinding my teeth and saying "I hope they burn in hell". > > Kind regards > > Peter > - > 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 . - 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 .
