IdleRich
IdleRich
No-one has really provided any reason why sniping is immoral, it just seems that people are annoyed by losing at the last minute and by a small amount. Of course that is annoying but I think that it evens out, I get some bargains and I lose some I really want, same as all of you I imagine.
"What trademe does to prevent sniping, which I think is rather smart, is give the seller the option to extend the auction if a bid is made in the last 5 minutes. You select this option when you advertise your item, and the auction automatically extends to finish 5 minutes after that bid."
I guess that that is the equivalent of saying "going, going gone" and it would prevent sniping. Also it would tend to increase prices (and ebay profits as you say) so as a buyer I'm glad that ebay don't use that method. Please keep it under your hat in future.
“Anyone want to venture a few million in a rival site www.realtimebidding4rarerecords.com?”
Sounds interesting but I can’t get the link to work, what is it?
"What trademe does to prevent sniping, which I think is rather smart, is give the seller the option to extend the auction if a bid is made in the last 5 minutes. You select this option when you advertise your item, and the auction automatically extends to finish 5 minutes after that bid."
I guess that that is the equivalent of saying "going, going gone" and it would prevent sniping. Also it would tend to increase prices (and ebay profits as you say) so as a buyer I'm glad that ebay don't use that method. Please keep it under your hat in future.
“Anyone want to venture a few million in a rival site www.realtimebidding4rarerecords.com?”
Sounds interesting but I can’t get the link to work, what is it?