[Boatanchors] auction time linked to what timing source?

[David Stinson]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rob Atkinson" <ranchorobbo at gmail.com>
To: "Boat Anchors List" <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 7:36 AM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] auction time linked to what timing source?


> The practice of swooping in out of nowhere in the last few seconds
> when others have faithfully put in a bid an hour or days earlier in my
> opinion stinks.

This practice is as old as mankind.  As a seller, I don't like it either,
since it cuts down "bidding wars," but I have to accept it.
It's been done at "live" auctions since Ur of the Chaldees.
While everyone is entitled to feel their way about it, 
the bottom line is this:  The "sniper" wanted to pay 
more than the "non-sniper."  
As long as auctions to decide what a buyer is willing to pay 
and a seller is willing to accept,  
which is the true "worth" of an item at that moment,  
"sniping" will remain the best way to bid. 
You can't beat this system; it has 10,000 years behind it.
Best to join it, if you want to save yourself lots of frustration.
Got to esnipe.com, buy some bid points (they're cheap)
and join the fracus.  
MHO, YMMV, 73 D.S.