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Brian Michael Weidemann
Expert cat molester
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Posts: 944
From: Costa Mesa, CA United States
Registered: Feb 2004
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posted 09-18-2005 05:27 AM
It's just morally reprehensible and cause for a good spanking, is what it is.
I'm sure they have some note about it in their Terms Of Service, but I figure if you want that limited edition Michael Bolton import LP on vinyl THAT badly, you would make yourself available at the auction close to be logged on, to cheat everyone else in REAL TIME, not automatically.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the whole POINT of proxy bidding so that this isn't necessary? The only people you're sniping would be other snipers, and it's just reduced to a dirty, underhanded, "I saw it first, gimme GIMME, MINE MINE MINE" type of game. Is it THAT important to you to hear Michael Bolton with the hisses, scratches, and pops; the way he was meant to be heard?
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Paul Mayer
Oh get out of it Melvin, before it pulls you under!
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Posts: 3836
From: Albuquerque, NM
Registered: Feb 2000
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posted 09-18-2005 11:50 AM
I'm too cheap to buy sniping software. If I want something bad enough I'll be up at 5am or whenever to deal with it.
But generally I don't snipe. I just bid my max, just like I'm supposed to, and let the proxy do its thing. If someone else has more money than I've got for the item, so be it.
Fixed ending times can hurt the seller when sniping occurs, since the time can run out before the ending sniping frenzy has run its course, thereby depriving him of those last higher bids. Some auction sites, like Yahoo Japan, effectively kill sniping by automatically extending the ending time of the auction by an hour or so after every bid. With floating ending times, he with the most money will win, just as it should be.
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