A desperate person could place a high bid, then initiate a massive DDoS attack on eBay's servers so nobody could bid. Hehe...
Seriously though, I wonder how much the eBay world would change if they implemented anti-sniping measures like so many other auction sites. I could just see a mob of fanatic bidders outside of eBay's corporate offices in the middle of the night with pitchforks and torches ready to storm the castle. eBay has stated though that "sniping is part of the auction experience", and I guess as long as the sellers don't complain too much why should they bother? One thing I like is when someone ends an auction a little early and sells to the current high-bidder (rare, but I've seen it). It just makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside knowing all those people that wanted to snipe at the last second missed out. For really hot items that I know there are going to be a ton of snipe bids, I usually don't even bother with since I know it will go past my price range. But they are always fun to watch and see how the bidding turned out. Quite often you know there is some person swearing because they squeezed in the last bid at the last second, but unfortunately were not the highest bid. It's a double-edged sword. Jason > Paleeeeze!!!!! > >> In a message dated 4/26/2007 8:04:10 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >> >> "Smart folks snipe. Period." _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list [email protected] https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
