Re: EBAY auctions and SNIPING - tesla coil parts

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Original poster: "Mark Broker" <mbroker-at-thegeekgroup-dot-org> 

Unless ebay changed their rules recently (I haven't ebayed anything in over 
a year), any service or program that "snipes" an auction is disallowed.

Bidding a ridiculous amount of money on an item is not such a good idea, 
particularly if TWO people do that....

Mark Broker
Chief Engineer, The Geek Group

On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 20:46:33 -0600, Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:

>Original poster: "Eastern Voltage Research Corporation" 
><dhmccauley-at-easternvoltageresearch-dot-com>
>
>I disagree with that wholeheartedly.
>If you want to win an item, you need to SNIPE at the last minute using one
>of the services such as Auction Stealer or similar.
>By putting in bids ahead of time, you tell other bidders (and snipers) that
>there is additional interest, so they may up their SNIPE bids
>a lot more than what they would put originally.
>
>So wait to the very end and take your best shot, otherwise, you and some
>other non-sniper may drive up the price too much in the
>first few days of auction.
>
>Of course, Gary is a seller, so its not in *his* interest to get a lot of
>snipers.  He wants the highest price possible!
>
>Dan