[time-nuts] Re; Ebay bidding

[Didier Juges]

Even with my sniping service, I have to set the amount of time before 
the end of the auction when I want my bid to be placed (usually a few 
seconds). If there are more than one client of the same service bidding 
on the same item at the same time, it's the luck of the draw, unless you 
know somebody :-)

Most (the great vast majority) of my bids are placed within the second I 
ask for. I do not know how eBay handles such traffic.

Keep in mind the point of sniping is simply to put your bid too late for 
someone else to react to it. It does not matter is someone else bids a 
second before or after you, the highest bid still wins. It would only be 
a problem if two people bid the same amount at the same time and this 
would be the wining bid, a rare occurrence in my experience. I avoid 
that by bidding non-round numbers of dollars. That eliminates the second 
guessing.

Didier

Neville Michie wrote:
> What Happens when 5 buyers all use a sniping service?
> The same service?
> Neville
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