[78-L] Snipes and snails...

[Taylor Bowie]

> In fact, one can now buy "autosniping" applications, which makes it
> impossible
> for mere humans to win anything on eWotsit!! I'm not sure what happens if
> two instances of these programs wind up competing against each other...?!
>
> ...stevenc


Not at all...I often get sniped,  but if my bid was higher than the snipe, 
I still win the record.  It's the matter of being willing to bid with some 
sense of the current market,  and not what one wishes the market were.

BTW the sniping programs are not a new thing...they've been around for at 
least six or seven years.  If two bidders put in the same amount for a 
snipe,  the earlier snipe of the two gets the edge,  just like if any two 
bids come in of the same amount at the same time.

Taylor