After I saw the effect of my bidding for the car that I bought on Ebay and the likely shill-bidding that raised my price by thousands of dollars, I wanted to avoid giving people the chance to shill-bid, so for that it is good to use such a tool. I actually prefer Buy-It-Now auctions and my own selling is mostly BIN also. For the use of auctionstealer (I don't like the name, it gives the wrong impression) you still need to set a maximum price and setup the auction bid in advance, you just close the door for manipulation of price between the moment you bid and the auction end by making it very short. Anyone who bids the highest price still wins.
Cor van de Water Chief Scientist Proxim Wireless Corporation http://www.proxim.com Email: cwa...@proxim.com Private: http://www.cvandewater.info Skype: cor_van_de_water XoIP: +31877841130 Tel: +1 408 383 7626 Tel: +91 (040)23117400 x203 -----Original Message----- From: EV on behalf of Lee Hart via EV Sent: Fri 3/27/2015 11:34 AM To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List Subject: Re: [EVDL] How I purchased a totaled Leaf for the battery pack > I always use "auctionstealer" to place a bid within 10 sec before the end > of an Ebay auction... I simply won't play this game. I feel that it only encourages unfair practices. If I want something on eBay, I decide what it's worth to me. That's what I bid; and no more. If I get it, fine. If I get sniped, so what... another one will be offered soon (maybe from the same guy that bought it at the stupid price, when their spouse finds out). :-) -- Obsolete (Ob-so-LETE). Adjective. 1. Something that is simple, reliable, straightforward, readily available, easy to use, and affordable. 2. Not what the salesman wants you to buy. -- Lee Hart, 814 8th Ave N, Sartell MN 56377, leeah...@earthlink.net _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/ms-tnef Size: 3959 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20150327/0570586d/attachment.bin> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
