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]

I'm nowhere near that industrious about eBay, since I so rarely try to buy anything on eBay (maybe twice a year).

[otherbill.livejournal.com]

Industrious? Heh. I first used eBay over five years ago, and my feedback rating is all of 7.

It only takes a few minutes to set up the scheme I outlined above, after all.