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

["Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net>]

> 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.

Yes, I do too, and I also have DSL, so I guess I needed to bid more.

> 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.

No, I didn't say sniping, which is waiting until the last seconds to bid,
I did say however AUTOMATIC sniping, and if you read my second
post you'll see where it does say not to use external programs, worms,
trojans and the like to access eBay. To repeat:

Your User Agreement, section 6.2, subset d & g.

Bill @ GarberStreet Enterprises
http://garberstreet.netfirms.com



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