RE: Re: Compaq Proliant Server help

["Ian Lowe" <ian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>From: Jim Noble [mailto:yahoo-groups@xxxxxxx]
>
>Sorry Ian I totally disagree. Unless you are a complete muppet, someone

>using a sniping service shouldn't stop you from losing the auction -
>***unless they were prepared to pay more for it than you***.

I think it's the confusion between a normal sale by auction and the time
limited thing, tbh. It's not about being a muppet, it's about people's
expectations. A saddening number of people only sell once or twice on
ebay.

>A better solution might be to use a sealed bid system (which is
>effectively what it would be if everyone bid high and late)...

Actually... I agree with Mark Harrison

/me pauses for dramatic effect, and awaiting some strange lightning
effect...

Auto extension would be the closest analogue to the more typical in
person auctions. As a seller, I'd love it, and as a buyer I wouldn't
mind it.

Would make it tougher for picking up cheap junk though.
(which probably means that the missus would approve as well!) ;)

Ian.