[78-L] e-bay bidding

[DAVID BURNHAM]

Malcolm Rockwell wrote:

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nobody wins but the buyer willing to pay just to beat out everyone else. 
And the seller, of course. 

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This isn't entirely true.  Programs like e-snipe, (automatic bidding in the last 
few seconds), have scared off many legitimate bidders like myself.  I have often 
bid on an item only to lose it in the last few seconds to a sniper.  Hence I 
have for the most part stopped bidding on e-bay.  If bidding had proceeded as 
it's supposed to with a series of bidders upping the previous bids, the item 
would go for much more but now many items just sit at or near the minimum bid 
until a sniper grabs it at the end for a cheap price.  The seller loses out on 
this process.

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