Comments on: eBay In The Crosshairs

By: Game Theory, Nobel Prize: Auctions – Fearless Advisor

Game Theory, Nobel Prize: Auctions – Fearless Advisor — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 21:20:25 +0000

[...] 4 general types of Auctions: English Dutch First price sealed bid second price closed the offer English Auctions The most common type of auction is the English auction, but may also be known as an ascending price [...]

By: Jim

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By: Cyndi Miller

Cyndi Miller — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:38:17 +0000

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By: eBay sniper

eBay sniper — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 06:49:15 +0000

“auction sniping software controls this aspect with cold computer precision, until the very last calculable instant.”

Actually, I think your target should be about five seconds before the end of the auction – too late for manual snipers to react, and hopefully before any other automated snipes that may be scheduled for the same item.

In that case of a bid tie(or when there is not enough of a difference between the two bids to meet eBay’s minimum bid increment), the first bid in wins.

To have sniping lose its effectiveness, all eBay would have to do is auto extend any auction that receives a bid in the last minute or so.

I believe there are already auction sites that do this.

Anyway, another of the eBay sniping that you may want to add to your list is http://www.hidbid.com