Re: Secret Bidding approved on Ebay ....




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> There's no such thing as "secret bidding". Each bid is recorded as it's
> received. A late bid (aka a "snipe") is received and recorded in the
> closing seconds. It's perfectly legal.

Last 4 seconds "without" any prior notice or registration? Why even hold the
auction? Just set a price and let the fucker have it.

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> Why does someone have to place previous bids in order to bid at the end
> and win?

It must register at Ebay for others to react to. Sniping is illegal.

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> eBay does not have an automatic bidding service (other than raising
> your proxy bid for you). The bidder either bid manually at the last
> second, used a service to place the bid, or used software on his
> computer to do it.

So if they are going to conduct unfair auctions they can do it without
the mass of people biding or participating at all - this is the danger they
run.

> The winner was an honest bidder too.

The winner used a gimmick.

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> As stated, there's no such thing as a secret bid.

You just defined one above, Make up your mind! A secret bid is a bid nobody
can defend against or possibly know about, in advance. Why have the auction
at all? It defies the very principle of an open auction.

But lets dont argue here. Obviously in your book anything is fair in Ebay
auctions and there really are no rules. It doesnt take much imagiantion to
know which side of the action YOU are on, benefitting. Osama bin Laden
operates by the same principle.


> I'll have to assume you are new to eBay. Nothing you've written is
> accurate.

I sized you up pretty accurately!

Get lost!


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