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In Reply to: one that got away posted by David Wigle on December 21, 2003 at 20:03:41:
I tried a last 15 second 'slam dunk' bid on a neat eBay amp. My horrid IP dropped me (again) & I lost the bid. I live in the middle of no-wheres-ville. Not even cable TV for an internet connection. I am studying wireless right now. Although the provider antenna is 20 miles away, I sit on the second highest hill top in lower MI.Being a nut, I will use an oversized dish and tune it myself. I need that 1-meg pipeline real bad!
Follow Ups:
Say, what is a 'sniping' business?
... a service that allows you place your max bid well prior to auction end (days before) but not to ebay. A few seconds before auction end, the service places the bid for you to ebay and lets ebay's proxy bid system do it's thing. Since the services I'm familiar with have multiple servers with really fast connections, they almost always get in.Two of many advantages are that you don't have to be around your computer at auction end and you don't have to worry about slow connections or being unexpectedly disconnected.
Two disadvantages are that you must give the service your ebay "handle" and PW and they usually charge a small fee when you win. There are others.
Use your favorite search engine and look for esnipe.com as a start. There are other services out there.
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