In Reply to: Re: OT Ebay Frustration posted by John Chleapas on March 31, 2007 at 12:14:01:
"...virtually every item I have won of my 275 to date I have bid on and won were in the last 20 seconds or less of the auction."I'm going to admit that I just don't understand why that is. Suppose you see something that you are willing to spend $100 on. How does it help to wait until 20 seconds before the auction closes instead of simply bidding $100 days earlier?
Maybe what eBay needs is an option to randomly close the auction at any time within a few hour time frame. As a seller I would choose that option to encourage honest bidding. As a buyer I would feel better bidding on those items.
-- Dave
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- Re: OT Ebay Frustration - Dave Cigna 16:00:33 03/31/07 (44)
- Re: OT Ebay Frustration - mqracing 23:32:29 03/31/07 (2)
- Hi msl - lovetube 03:32:56 04/01/07 (1)
- Re: Hi msl - mqracing 09:18:31 04/01/07 (0)
- Re: OT Ebay Frustration - John Chleapas 22:55:37 03/31/07 (0)
- Dave, - Poindexter 17:29:18 03/31/07 (32)
- Re: Dave, - danlaudionut 18:30:47 03/31/07 (31)
- Wrong - Stephen R 08:13:09 04/02/07 (26)
- Re: a legitimate method of bidding - danlaudionut 14:10:31 04/02/07 (25)
- Re: a legitimate method of bidding - Stephen R 07:40:31 04/03/07 (0)
- Nothing personal but - j rodney 14:42:07 04/02/07 (23)
- Re: Nothing personal but - danlaudionut 15:22:59 04/02/07 (22)
- This is straight CAPITOLISM - j rodney 17:17:03 04/02/07 (19)
- Re: This is straight CAPITOLISM - danlaudionut 18:57:28 04/02/07 (18)
- You know - j rodney 09:06:09 04/03/07 (0)
- Clearly, it's time to involve the government - Triode_Kingdom 08:07:49 04/03/07 (16)
- Re: Clearly, it's time to involve the government - danlaudionut 12:25:42 04/05/07 (15)
- So, my freedom to bid in the last seconds - nc 19:51:41 04/05/07 (14)
- Re: So, my freedom to bid in the last seconds - danlaudionut 20:03:09 04/05/07 (13)
- Re: So, my freedom to bid in the last seconds - sorenj07 21:07:48 04/05/07 (4)
- Re: So, my freedom to bid in the last seconds - danlaudionut 21:30:06 04/05/07 (3)
- Re: So, my freedom to bid in the last seconds - Kyle K 22:02:24 04/05/07 (2)
- None so Blind as Those Who Will Not See (nt) - danlaudionut 22:22:46 04/05/07 (1)
- Re: None so Blind as Those Who Will Not See (nt) - nc 12:57:47 04/06/07 (0)
- How and when would you end the bidding? - Kyle K 20:30:13 04/05/07 (1)
- Re: How and when would you end the bidding? - danlaudionut 20:41:24 04/05/07 (0)
- You hate fairness - nc 20:26:22 04/05/07 (1)
- Re: You hate fairness - danlaudionut 20:32:54 04/05/07 (0)
- Re: So, my freedom to bid in the last seconds - nc 20:21:00 04/05/07 (3)
- Re: So, my freedom to bid in the last seconds - danlaudionut 20:27:53 04/05/07 (2)
- I see some of your points Dan but..... - Russ57 15:58:03 04/02/07 (1)
- Re: I see some of your points Dan but..... - danlaudionut 18:32:26 04/02/07 (0)
- Re: Dave, - Kyle K 19:44:49 03/31/07 (3)
- Re: Except for timing - danlaudionut 21:49:57 03/31/07 (2)
- Not really the same thing... Here is a perspective - j rodney 09:42:07 04/01/07 (0)
- Hi Dan, I look at it this way. - arend-jan 03:56:41 04/01/07 (0)
- Re: OT Ebay Frustration - Steve O 16:48:09 03/31/07 (1)
- and another benefit of automated sniping.... - mqracing 23:38:06 03/31/07 (0)
- Re: OT Ebay Frustration - arend-jan 16:15:59 03/31/07 (4)
- Re: OT Ebay Frustration - Dave Cigna 18:39:52 03/31/07 (3)
- Re: OT Ebay Frustration - arend-jan 03:50:13 04/01/07 (0)
- Hi Dave. you are correct on this - lovetube 03:39:05 04/01/07 (1)
- Re: Hi Dave. you are correct on this - mqracing 09:46:27 04/01/07 (0)