[PRCo] Re: So much for my brief career as an ebay junkie

[Macmarka at cs.com]

In a message dated 10/14/02 10:49:26 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
shadow at dementia.org writes:

<< 
 it's called sniping. a good sniper bids with less than 10 seconds to go.
 
 if ebay would just switch to sealed bids already the problem would go
 away.
 
  >>
  And I have it down to a science.  No, it wasn't me though that outbid you 
Don. I don't even know what item you were referring to.  I've had my share of 
being "sniped". I've also done my share of sniping. Although this may 
irritate the buyer, 9 times out of 10 it is good for the seller. Especially 
when there are 3 or 4 people putting in last second bids. I always pay 
attention to the auction closing time. If it's in the middle of a weekday 
when I'm working, I expect to be outbid. If it is an item I really want, and 
it closes in the evening, I make sure I'm there at closing. I don't really 
think you'd find many sellers complaining about snipers. Although sniping 
makes me feel guilty sometimes, I learned my lesson when it comes to eBay. 
It's better to screw than be screwed.                                         
                                                                                
        M. McGuire