The essential difference between an Ebay auction and a live auction is the
time element. A live auctioneer will be more than happy to keep the bidding
going as long as hands keep going up in the air. With last-minute bidding
on Ebay, those with a faster internet connection have an advantage, because
the screens refresh faster during those final seconds.
Even with that said, it's just sour grapes for this bidder to send you such
a note. My experience in trying to get computer components on Ebay is that
the last-minute bidding in that area is taken as a norm; it's as if you're
not really playing the game unless you bid with only seconds to go.
So just let the guy be bitter. When someone sent me a note chiding me for
last-minute bidding (sniping, as he called it), it was after HE won the
auction. What a jerk.
John Middlesworth
----- Original Message -----
From: "David A. Templeton" <davidt@opentext.com>
To: "Spitfire Mailing List" <spitfires@autox.team.net>; "Triumphs@Autox.
Net" <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2001 6:37 PM
Subject: Ebay policy question
>
> With all the talk about ebay stuff lately I have a question about "what to
> do when". In this case I was watching an item for my wife's mustang and
> another person had a bid in on it, new ebay bidder ( no previous
history ).
> I went and bid on it within the last minute and ended up getting the item.
> Well 10 minutes later I recieved an email from the previous bidder as
> follows:
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Subject: that was cheap
>
> talk about sleezy... bidding at the last minute..
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> I am simply going to ignore this email but if more happens to come is
there
> a recourse I have with eBay?
>
> Thanks
> David A. Templeton
> Open Text Corp.
> Waterloo, ON
> Canada
> WebSite: http://trandmustang.homestead.com
>
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