Re: [photo-3d] Sniping

["Dr. George A. Themelis" <drt-3d@xxxxxxx>]

I am sorry to disagree with Hans, but as discussed
many times before, sniping results in lower not
higher prices.  If you think prices are higher because
of sniping, rest assured that they will be even 
higher if sniping was not possible, as for example
in the scheme of "five-minute-rule" that Hans mentions.


>The phenomenon of sniping really stops me from bidding myself in most
>instances, as it means becoming involved in last-second bidding up to often
>much higher bids then I originally had in mind anyway. And stopping people
>from bidding is probably not the idea of eBay, is it?
>
>I have been wondering why eBay is not employing some variant of the
>"five-minute-rule" used in many telephone auctions [...]
>Hans
>(prevented from spending too much on eBay by snipers)

Hans, it is not the snipers that prevent you from
bidding on ebay but your inability to bid higher
and outbid the other interested parties.

[...]
>One comment on George's story:
>I would not be surprised if the seller would have put in his own high bid
>through his wife's email account or something!

Why would he do that???  Then most likely he would
have been the highest bidder and then he would have
to pay ebay commission, etc.

George