Re: FA: classic Electrical Engineering texts

From: Fred Bloggs (nospam_at_nospam.com)
Date: 07/10/04 

Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2004 16:19:56 GMT

Guy Macon wrote:
> Fred Bloggs <nospam@nospam.com> says...
>
>
>>I can't believe Hill topped out at $20- what a skin-flint!
>
>
> Grasshopper, you fail to grasp the Tau of eBay bidding. :) One good
> strategy is to bid a small amount early and a large amount at the
> last moment. The small amount is in case you and another bidder
> bid the same amount - in that case whoever bid first wins no matter
> how small the initial bid. The large amount at the last moment
> hides your interest from the observer and allows you to do a search
> for similar items at the penultimate moment. If Hill is an experienced
> eBay buyer you will not know his final bid until the auction closes.
>
>

You have already given away your interest by bidding-and it is now a
simple matter to research your buying history with which to pro-rate
the Bloggsian ratio of most probable winning bid to worth amounts to be
"sniped" with the proxy bidding option. The are a few other things that
can be done in the way of making and using observations, but I won't
gave away the farm on that. E-bay buying is an exact science for some of
us...eventhough we seldom use it-quite a lot of junk and uncertain quality.

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