[ForSale-Swap] A Disgusting Development... re: eBay

[Joe]

Just bought a car on eBay - didn't have a problem.  Bid your highest 
amount, and their proxy system will take care of you, right up to the 
end.  Easy.  You heard it from me first.  ;-)

Joe

At 12:57 PM 8/21/2004, J. Forster wrote:
>Joe wrote:
>
> > Cookies are easily deleted in less time than it takes to send this note.
> >
> > 73,
> > Joe
> > WDØM
>
>But the server does not always respond instantly. Sometimes there is a 
>delay of
>several seconds before eBay answers. Since there are more than 10 cookies 
>per bid,
>the time adds up and you may well miss the end of an auction by a minute 
>or more.
>Next time you loose something because your higher bid didn't make it in time,
>remember you heard it from me first.
>
>-John