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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[greyman.livejournal.com]

I've been obsessing over eBay the last few days... I've got the phone blahs and want an "upgrade". So I log in and I find a whole mess of Treo 180gs for sale. I'm having fun following the midding schedule, but there *is* a "Buy it Now" for a batch of them too. I'm keeping an eye on that, and if the # at $82.99 Buy It Now falls to low while I'm trying to buy one for less than $70 I might just spend the other few dollars to snag one. Or not.

What are you looking for?