[R-390] Re: R-390 Digest, Vol 39, Issue 49

[Bob Camp]

Hi

Like it or not eBay is focused on sellers rather than buyers. It's a  
bit tough to notice that at times, but it is the way they work.

The basic thought is that the seller does not get any more money if  
the auction is delayed by a "normal" amount" (say 10 minutes). The  
part of the argument is that the load on eBay's server farm goes way  
up if you do that. I'll admit you have to go back a ways, but server  
farm crashes used to be a *very* common thing with eBay.

Bob
KB8TQ

On Aug 1, 2007, at 6:56 AM, Michael Crestohl wrote:

> There's one difference:
>
> At a live auction if you advance the bid the auctioneer must allot  
> more time to
> the auction for another bidder to come forth.  That's why the  
> "going....going
> ...gone ritual.
>
> On eBay there is not.  The auction ends precisely at the stated  
> time.  Thus a
> snipe bid with two seconds to go leaves little opportunity for  
> another bidder to
> place a bid.
>
> It would be more realistic if eBay were to extend auctions beyond  
> the stated
> ending time by a minute or two when this occurs and only end an  
> auction when
> no further bids are received during that interval.
>
> This would eliminate sniping completely.
>
> I wonder why they don't do it.  I am sure that this scenario has  
> been proposed
> to them ever since the beginning but this has not changed on the  
> nearly 12 years
> that ePay has been up and running.
>
> 73,
>
> Michael, W1RC
>
>
> At 05:13 PM 7/31/2007, Dan Arney <hankarn at pacbell.net> wrote:
> I hate sniping also. but sniping is the digital way of waving the  
> paddle
> at a live auction,..going nce,,... going twiicee ,...going threeeeti
> waving frantically repeat after me .PUT UP OR SHUT UP.
>
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