[sdiy] ebay internal shill bidding? bidsnipe vs Human

[Needham, Alan]

| -----Original Message-----
| From: synth-diy-bounces at dropmix.xs4all.nl [mailto:synth-diy-
| bounces at dropmix.xs4all.nl] On Behalf Of David Bulog
| Sent: 07 January 2011 08:07
| To: Bob Weigel
| Cc: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
| Subject: Re: [sdiy] ebay internal shill bidding? bidsnipe vs Human
| 
| Is it possible that a human can defeat the best bidsnipe software if
they
| were good enough to place bid in last one or two seconds
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I have a gut feeling that the easy answer is "YES", and I can't help
feeling that the perceived advantage of 'sniping' programs may be
getting over-rated here.

If I put a proxy bid of 15 quid on a Synthi 100 I expect to lose to a
higher bidder, either quickly or via a 'sniper'. If I proxy bid a
sensible amount then, as has been stated already, sniping programs
simply give their user no time to second-bid on an item; yes I am
probably showing my hand too early in this card game, but with 3 aces
who cares?

I have never used a sniping program but still win the odd item in this
game.

OK, flame away...


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