Re: More eBay insanity (was Re: Apple IIc+ on eBay)

[spaam_this@hotmail.com (Don)]

"Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net> wrote in message news:<_2OdnUDT4pRb2uyjXTWc3Q@comcast.com>...
> 
> I am not against sniping, if the person him/herself is doing the
> sniping, but when you sit and refresh every 2 seconds and it's
> still you, but then after the last two second refresh another
> name comes up as the winner, that's got to be automated.
> That's not fair at all. In fact, it IS against eBay policy 100%.

Bill,

You have no way of knowing whether the bid was manual or automated. A
person with a fast connection can do a manual snipe at 2 seconds with
no problem. Even someone with a dialup can hit the 10-second mark. I
aim for 6-8 seconds, because I don't like to show off.

As for your statement that sniping is against Ebay policy, that's
complete nonsense. Ebay has no policy regarding sniping; they simply
acknowledge that ~any~ bid placed within the running time of the
auction is a legal bid.