[sdiy] ebay internal shill bidding?

[Noah Vawter]

On Jan 7, 2011, at 12:07 AM, Bob Weigel wrote:
> Maybe others are less jaded than me.  Has anyone besides David used  
> google shopping tab?  I'm totally unfamiliar with it and if you have  
> information on how to get my links to show up there that's great.   
> I'd appreciate it.  But I'm very VERY skeptical that very many  
> people (compared to ebay) actually use those links.

I use the google shopping often to find low prices on items that are  
widely sold, like cameras, speakers, etc.


> I think virtually nobody  LOOKS on google (proportionally) for this  
> type of thing when they want to buy it. They'd rather go to ebay  
> because it's the trill of the hunt with most of them I think.

yeah i don't think google shopping is intended for one-off, classic  
synth stuff from individuals.

and btw is totally easy to hand-snipe an auction.  I've won and lost  
that way.  typically, auctions I enter have a whole bunch of last- 
second snipers, and part of the process becomes anticipating how how  
they're going to snipe.  kind of obnoxious heh