[ARC5] auction time linked to what timeing source?

[Mike Feher]

It is certainly possible, although, in reality your statistics are pretty
favorable also. As I travel on occasion on business, in fact now in San
Diego for almost two weeks. Even on my laptop and the hotel connection I
have won everything I wanted. Most of the time on travel I use a Verizon air
card and I can still snipe and win. Regardless, as you say, if one really
wants it the best thing to do is to throw in a million dollar bid at the
start of the auction, and then no matter what, you will get it, although you
may not like what you wind up paying for it. Regards - Mike

Mike B. Feher, N4FS
89 Arnold Blvd.
Howell, NJ 07731
732-886-5960 




-----Original Message-----
From: arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On
Behalf Of J. Forster
Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 12:11 AM
To: Mike Feher
Cc: 'Discussion of AN/ARC-5 military radio equipment.'
Subject: Re: [ARC5] auction time linked to what timeing source?

Mike,

I do the sniping personally too, but typically allow about 5 seconds which
eliminates a rebid from somebody watching. I've lost 3 or 4 items in the
last year because of network delays. In some cases eBay has hung between
"Place Bid" and loading the "Confirm" page. Oh, and among various accounts
I've well over 1500 wins and I get >90% of the things I bid on.

You may be luckier than I with the quality and network load of your ISP.

-John

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> John -
>
> Your FWIW is exactly that, and it is not worth anything in this case. I
> snipe 99% of the time, and always with less than 10 seconds to go. This
> typically does not allow adequate time for someone else to counter snipe.
> The only times I have lost, was, when my dollar amount was not high
> enough,
> not because of timing issues. I have NEVER lost because of timing. I do
> not
> count on sniping programs, I do it personally, since if I want it, I
> basically want it. With some 4000 ebay transactions, those statistics are
> worth a lot more than your FWIW observations. - Mike
>
> Mike B. Feher, N4FS
> 89 Arnold Blvd.
> Howell, NJ 07731
> 732-886-5960
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
> On
> Behalf Of J. Forster
> Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 11:44 PM
> To: Discussion of AN/ARC-5 military radio equipment.
> Subject: Re: [ARC5] auction time linked to what timeing source?
>
> While this discussion is interesting in the abstract, it really won't help
> you snipe very much because of the variable propogation time through the
> myriad of computers between your keystroke and eBay's bid handling
> machine. I've seen variations from almost zero to well over 10 seconds...
> far more than enough to make effective sniping impossible.
>
> FWIW,
>
> -John
>