Re: A Golden Opportunity!

From: Michael A. Covington (look_at_ai.uga.edu.for.address)
Date: 08/19/04 

Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 20:06:53 -0400

"Don Bruder" <dakidd@sonic.net> wrote in message
news:LbNUc.8416$54.122899@typhoon.sonic.net...

> Therefore, I figure out what I'm willing to pay when I find a listing
> that interests me, then I sit back until a second or two before the end
> of the auction, and drop that amount in as a bid. So far, I've never
> paid more than I valued the item at, and have never been "out-sniped".
>
> Those of you crying foul overhaving an item sniped out from under you...
> "Too bad, so sad". You should have bid what you were willing to pay, and
> made sure that amount was more than what I was willing to pay.
>
> And that's the long and short of it: You anti-sniping folks are crying
> because you got something taken away from you by someone who knew what
> they wanted, knew what it was worth to them, and wanted it worse than
> you did. Get over it.

Er... Can't we say the same to YOU? If you know what you're willing to pay,
why do you snipe? Why don't you do what you're telling us to do?

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