Re: A Golden Opportunity!

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

Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 01:23:09 -0400

"Dave Platt" <dplatt@radagast.org> wrote in message
news:10i8d9fo3r5h7e8@corp.supernews.com...
>
> Sniping software is available to everybody, sniping can be done
> manually with nothing other than a web browser and a decent watch, and
> (as I see it) the playing field is entirely level. The Categorial
> Imperative applies fully, I believe.

OK, then why don't we petition eBay to change over to a completely
sealed-bid format (with the proviso that the second highest bid determines
the selling price, rather than the highest as in a true sealed-bid auction).
That would work exactly like a perfectly efficient sniping system, and it
would save everybody a lot of trouble.

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