Scott, the list did not make it to me the last days, so I am a little late...
You asked on Mon, 16 Feb 2004 09:39:02 -0600: > Uwe, > > > You stated: ""allmost all > > others use some of those last-second-bet-tools"". > Can you elaborate on what you meant by this? Do you mean that the > sellers are using some sort of autoprogram to bid up the auction at the > last minute or that people like me are waiting to the last minute to bid > and thus driving up the cost of the item? I know that those programs are not allowed at Ebay, but they are availabel and have beed advertised here in Germany. You provide a list of auctions and the maximum bid you're willing to pay. These tools do wath all the auctions and drop a bid just a few seconds before deadline. AFAIK one can define if they bid the least possibel value or the limit you have set for that auction. OK, I could have given such a bid manually. But if I am forced to spend my personal limit for each particular item all those items are (much) more expensive than they would on a regular auction. And in order to improve my chances to get a particular item, I have to declare a high personal limit. Have tried this two or three times - only to find out that 'someone' had 'overbidden' me within the last seconds. So I concluded that in my mind Ebay is not an auction platform, but a betting shop... Greetings from Germany! -- Uwe Frenz ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dr. Uwe Frenz Entwicklung getemed Medizin- und Informationtechnik AG Oderstr. 59 D-14513 Teltow Tel. +49 3328 39 42 0 Fax +49 3328 39 42 99 [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW.Getemed.de
