When I'm bidding seriously that is the way I bid also. I've found I can get much closer to the end using my office T-1 link than my dialup at home. I think 3 seconds from the end is my closest at work. However since I have most everything these days I'm seldom that intense anymore. Kent Gittings
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Cotty Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 5:20 PM To: Pentax List Subject: RE: EBay Buying Mark gives sound advice. But Cotty's the name, Sniping's the game. With all due respect, 60 seconds is far to much time to allow the competition to reload the page and hit with a higher bid. My usual bid time is at T-minus 12 seconds. My closest-to-auction-finish bid time was T-minus 3 seconds. I'm confident I can do it down to one second, but daren't try because I only bid on things I really want. Hints: I keep a small window at the bottom of the screen all ready to go with the 'submit' button visible, a much larger window with the auction towards the top of the screen. This can be reloaded at intervals to confirm connection reliability. If it's REALLY important, a stand-by computer is fired up and ready to go with windows ready and waiting, but obviously (on my modem connections) would take twenty seconds to hook up should the main machine crash / freeze / go U/S for any reason. Guage connection delay by refreshing the auction page at intervals of one minute, prior to the auction finish. EG if auction due to finish at 12:04:15, then try reloading the page at 12:02:15, then check 'auction finishes in XXX' time for delay. If it says 'auction finishes in 1 minute 58 seconds, then you know it took 2 seconds for your reload to register at the eBay end, and so will your bid.....probably. I do 12 seconds, although I've been an adrenalin junkie recently with some 7 second hits. Love it! If that don't unclog the arteries, nothing will! Oh yeah, bid high, if you really want it, that is... ;-) Cotty _______________________________________________________ Personal email traffic to [EMAIL PROTECTED] MacAds traffic to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Check out the UK Macintosh ads http://www.macads.co.uk - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.mimesweeper.com ********************************************************************** - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
