Pedro Quaresma wrote: > > Sniping is very useful indeed. Most probably will save you a lot of money > and, as Chris mentioned, will prevent others from "stalking" your username. > > But... > > Consider for example the amount of cash that Hugh (IIRC it was Hugh) lost > for that Apple auction because Chris sniped him some seconds later! Now > that wouldn't have happened if either one had "reserved" the auction by any > means.
I consider this not a problem with sniping but rather a problem with Hugh's bid, which wasn't high enough. I've concluded, through 6 week's "research" :-) that sniping doesn't change anything fundamental: it still comes down to whose maximum bid is higher. If Chris's wasn't higher than Hugh's, sniping or not Hugh would have won. -- http://www.MobyGames.com/ The world's most comprehensive gaming database project. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/swcollect@oldskool.org/
