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Re: Re: [OT] Ebay Diddle?




On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 10:41:23 -0000, Robert Welsh
<bob-ukha@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Yep - it's simple short sightedness - get me the absolute
> > cheapest rock bottom price, and to hell with the effect it
> > has on the rest of the community...
>
> There's a simple cure that eBay could implement.
> If a bid occurs in the final 5mins of a auction, then extend the
action
> endtime by 5mins.
> This continues ad-naseum until bidding stops.
>
> Why they don't do this, I'm not sure.....

Because then they'd loose the license fee's from all the auction
sniping software companies & websites.

--
-S



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