Bugger.

[unixronin]

...that these days, it's an exercise in complete futility trying to buy anything on eBay that anyone else wants, except via Buy It Now, unless you have a multi-megabit connection or an account with one of the automated robot-bid-sniping services.

And to think that when automated bid-sniping first started, eBay banned it because it was unfair.  I guess they musta decided that fairness could go fuck itself, 'cos they made more money off the last-90-seconds bid-sniping wars.

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[unixronin.livejournal.com]

If I've already decided what something is worth to me, I don't want to make a split second descision that could cost me another $20.

Well, see, that's my point. If you know you have a guaranteed five minutes to think about it, it doesn't have to be a split-second decision.

[skellington.livejournal.com]

But you do have all week to pick that maximum bid, consider what happens if someone bids $1 more than that, and if your maximum bid REALLY is $20 higher..

Cygne