Re: Follow up to buying photo equipment on ebay

Bill Funk <BigBill@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I'm glad for you.
If you had simply bid what was the highest amount you were willing to
spend in the first place, you wouldn't need to be present on the
computer to have your bidding done.
And, so you think you're the *last* sniper? I've tried that, and it
seldom works. Most snipers I know have discovered that a snipe must
still be high enough to outbid other snipers; self-defeating.
I realize that *for you*, this can work well. But to even hint that
it's a valid method for everyone else is just wrong.
Snipe away. It doesn't bother me at all. I either win or lose. In
either case, I don't overspend, and there are always other auctions.

You don't understand how it works. Simple as that.

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Floyd L. Davidson <http://www.apaflo.com/floyd_davidson>
Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska) floyd@xxxxxxxxxx
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