sniping?

[Wilson Gray]

On Nov 27, 2004, at 9:51 PM, John McChesney-Young wrote:

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> Poster:       John McChesney-Young <panis at PACBELL.NET>
> Subject:      Re: sniping?
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> "Bethany K. Dumas" <dumasb at UTKUX.UTCC.UTK.EDU> quoted & wrote in part:
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>> On Sat, 27 Nov 2004, John McChesney-Young wrote:
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>>>  ... the best bet is to give yourself and e-bay time to process the
>>> bid(s)
>>> in advance of the closing hour, bid what you're willing to pay and
>>> hope
>>> for the best.
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>> And I have to disagree with your best bet, based on my two weeks of
>> experience on eBAY. ...
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> Just to make it clear, the advice you quoted was not mine but that of
> the 1997 Usenet poster, jp (prescojo-- at -ix.netcom.com).
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> In fact, I agree with you on eBay bidding techniques, although when
> I've tried sniping I've rarely succeeded - I think my competitors
> were using sniping software rather than doing it manually as I was.
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> John
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> *** John McChesney-Young  **  panis~at~pacbell.net  **   Berkeley,
> California, U.S.A.  ***
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I had no idea that there was a way to snipe manually. I've always used
a sniping application myself and it's worked like a charm for me. For
instance, I once got a $325 sterling-silver Tiffany charm bracelet for
$85. My wife loved it! I have a Mac, for which there are about three
sniping apps. PC users probably have dozens to choose among.

-Wilson Gray