On May 2, 2018, at 09:08, Chuck Guzis via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> 
> Although eBay in the past has tried to kill off sniping because it
> reduces the number of visits an individual might pay to their site, I
> think they've given up with trying to kill the sniping system.

If eBay really wanted to kill sniping and maximize winning bids, I think they 
could simply change the format from fixed ending time to automatically 
extending the auction period N minutes past the last bid. There would still be 
some benefit to a bidder for bidding late and hoping nobody notices, but there 
would always be a window of up to N minutes for other bidders to decide to 
increase their losing bid. It would end up as a a hybrid of proxy bid + live 
auction.

-- 
Mark J. Blair, NF6X <n...@nf6x.net>
http://www.nf6x.net/

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