[R-390] auction scams

[Thomas W Leiper]

On Wed, 31 Jul 2002 16:32:28 -0500 (CDT) "Jim Shorney"
<jshorney@inebraska.com> writes:
...
> However, if I use the proxy system, I have a $$ amount
> in mind which I do not want to go over.

But the question is, if you KNEW that you could in the
item for one bid higher than whatever anybody else's
"max" was, would you take it? All I know is that I almost
never win auctions that I don't snipe, and about 90%
of the bid histories you would review show that the sniper
usually gets the kill.

> Life is to short to get all worked up over a silly auction....

There's some common ground...

> I sometimes post a small opening bid early on if there are no bids 
> yet, just so I can watch the subsequent bidding and get a feel for
> how it goes.  Then I'll dive in with a snipe at the last moment.

That's been the best strategy for me. I place zillions of "bargain"
bids (like "radiograveyard") where it would be nice if I won it
but I could care less. None of them have ever won.

Wolf J. Flywheel