P3D Re: ebay question

[jacob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Gabriel Jacob)]

Andrea Blair writes:
>Just to put a spin on things, I've been told recently by an avid auction 
>fan that you don't have to be present at a "live" auction, either. You 
>can preview the items and put in a "max bid" with the autioneer. You 
>will have a proxy bid made for you for that item. The disadvantage is 
>that you won't be able to change your mind at the last minute if you 
>really wanted the item because you couldn't be there to raise your bid 
>(sound familiar?). Why are all last minute bids seen as sniping?

Proxy bids on "live" auctions are not seen as sniping. The reason
last minute bids are seen as sniping on ebay is because on ebay if
someone puts in a last minute bid (sniping) you don't have a chance
to outbid them. In a live auction you do get that chance.

>What if someone logged on for the first time or after they had
>been away on vacation and saw an item that closed in two minutes
>and wanted to join in?

Naw, they gotta do it within the last 10 seconds! Seriously, 
technically yes but intentionally no. 

>Is that sniping just because they had not looked at the list 
>earlier?

No, that is not sniping.

>A bid is a bid, no matter how close to the end it is submitted.

It all depends if it is a live bid or an ebay bid. 

>No matter how you get there - you win some, you lose some; that's life. 
>No one said it was going to be (your definition of) fair.

No one did! 

Gabriel


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