> On May 2, 2018, at 9:20 AM, Mark J. Blair via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > wrote: > >> 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.
That is what the classic car auctions on Bring-A-Trailer do. Within 2 min of auction close time and thereafter, each bid extends the time 2 minutes. I was high bidder on a car at $15k with 30 seconds to go. The price went up $10k (and someone else got the car) in the 15 min after the scheduled close time. alan > > -- > Mark J. Blair, NF6X <n...@nf6x.net> > http://www.nf6x.net/ >
