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From: Sylvia Else on 21 May 2010 05:46 On 21/05/2010 6:55 PM, Bart! wrote: > On Fri, 21 May 2010 17:24:59 +1000, Sylvia Else > <sylvia(a)not.at.this.address> wrote: > >> Mass production has been around for >> a long time. > > Your IQ has been down for along time. I get by. In the mean time, you haven't answered the question, which seemed quite a reasonable one. How do you know that the same item is being listed? Sylvia.
From: Bart! on 21 May 2010 08:51 On Fri, 21 May 2010 19:44:08 +1000, Sylvia Else <sylvia(a)not.at.this.address> wrote: >On 21/05/2010 6:50 PM, Bart! wrote: >> On Fri, 21 May 2010 14:15:38 +1000, Sylvia Else >> <sylvia(a)not.at.this.address> wrote: >> >>> >>> If you're going to confine you bids to the last seconds, then you only >>> get to make one bid for practical purposes. >> >> >> Sorry, but that did not used to be true. In the past it was possible >> to bid about five to seven times in the last 15 seconds. If one waited >> until ten or five, it was still easy to get two or three in. All with >> high likelihood of being the last bid. > >Why on Earth would you want to bid multiple times in the space of 15 >seconds? What benefit is there in being the last to bid? > >Sylvia. Idiot! The first bid generates an update window that shows the bidder that his bid was just overbid by another bidder. The second bid entry trumps that bid... The higher bids by any others shows up immediately after you enter yours... The LAST bid wins! Doesn't have to be the highest, just the last. Are you even getting anywhere close to having a clue as to how ANY auction works.... yet!? Not to mention a timed auction. I have serious doubts that you ever will.
From: Bart! on 21 May 2010 08:53 On Fri, 21 May 2010 19:51:32 +1000, Sylvia Else <sylvia(a)not.at.this.address> wrote: >It seems entirely possible that you weren't achieving what you thought >you were achieving. You seem entirely uneducable.
From: Sylvia Else on 21 May 2010 09:37 On 21/05/2010 10:51 PM, Bart! wrote: > On Fri, 21 May 2010 19:44:08 +1000, Sylvia Else > <sylvia(a)not.at.this.address> wrote: > >> On 21/05/2010 6:50 PM, Bart! wrote: >>> On Fri, 21 May 2010 14:15:38 +1000, Sylvia Else >>> <sylvia(a)not.at.this.address> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> If you're going to confine you bids to the last seconds, then you only >>>> get to make one bid for practical purposes. >>> >>> >>> Sorry, but that did not used to be true. In the past it was possible >>> to bid about five to seven times in the last 15 seconds. If one waited >>> until ten or five, it was still easy to get two or three in. All with >>> high likelihood of being the last bid. >> >> Why on Earth would you want to bid multiple times in the space of 15 >> seconds? What benefit is there in being the last to bid? >> >> Sylvia. > > Idiot! The first bid generates an update window that shows the bidder > that his bid was just overbid by another bidder. The second bid entry > trumps that bid... The higher bids by any others shows up immediately > after you enter yours... The LAST bid wins! Doesn't have to be the > highest, just the last. I can't see how you can think it doesn't have to be the highest. Where are all the complaints of "I placed the highest bid, but I didn't win" ? When you place a bid that's higher than the current price, but someone has previously (whether a week ago, or 1 second ago) entered a maximum bid that's higher than yours, the system immediately increases the price to be either your bid plus the bid increment, or the other bidder's maximum, which ever is less. If you then make a higher bid, the same thing happens. > > Are you even getting anywhere close to having a clue as to how ANY > auction works.... yet!? Not to mention a timed auction. I have serious > doubts that you ever will. Ebay is a timed auction that performs automatic incrementation of the price based on maximum bids. The winner at the end of the auction is the person who, at that point in time, has entered the highest maximum bid. The preceding events are almost entirely auction theatre that exists only because of its psychological effect on irrational bidders. If you think that multiple late bidding gives you an advantage, you are deluding yourself. Sylvia.
From: Nico Coesel on 21 May 2010 10:29
Bart! <B(a)rt_The_Sheriff_Is_A_Nig***!.org> wrote: >On Fri, 21 May 2010 19:44:08 +1000, Sylvia Else ><sylvia(a)not.at.this.address> wrote: > >>On 21/05/2010 6:50 PM, Bart! wrote: >>> On Fri, 21 May 2010 14:15:38 +1000, Sylvia Else >>> <sylvia(a)not.at.this.address> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> If you're going to confine you bids to the last seconds, then you only >>>> get to make one bid for practical purposes. >>> >>> >>> Sorry, but that did not used to be true. In the past it was possible >>> to bid about five to seven times in the last 15 seconds. If one waited >>> until ten or five, it was still easy to get two or three in. All with >>> high likelihood of being the last bid. >> >>Why on Earth would you want to bid multiple times in the space of 15 >>seconds? What benefit is there in being the last to bid? >> >>Sylvia. > > Idiot! The first bid generates an update window that shows the bidder >that his bid was just overbid by another bidder. The second bid entry >trumps that bid... The higher bids by any others shows up immediately >after you enter yours... The LAST bid wins! Doesn't have to be the >highest, just the last. Show me a proof of that. I evaluate auctions every now and then to determine bid patterns on particular items. I've never ever seen an auction for which the highest bid didn't win. -- Failure does not prove something is impossible, failure simply indicates you are not using the right tools... nico(a)nctdevpuntnl (punt=.) -------------------------------------------------------------- |