I won one auction by 1 cent. So satisfying!
tOM
On Sunday, February 09, 2003 at 23:45
Jim Brokaw <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> on 2/9/03 7:31 PM, Clemente Colayco at litefoot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > Hi
> >
> > I was bidding on an F280 flash on ebay but lost by mere 17 cents ! How
> > could anyone be fast enough to bid just 17 cents more within the 6 seconds
> > left?
> >
> > Is there a bid program that allows you to bid a fixed amount higher than a
> > previous one?
> >
> > Titoy
>
> The only way this will happen is if the other bidder's highest amount is
> exactly $0.17 higher than your highest... then the snipe program just
> determines when the bid is placed. If it was any more than $0.17, enough to
> get the next higher 'bid increment' then it would have gone to that next
> increment.
>
> I won a rather large auction by less than $1 once... I usually pick somewhat
> oddball amounts as my highest bid, and that time I was just a little bit
> higher, but enough. -- ------
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