Art as crap for the sheep

On 1/31/2016 1:36 AM, nospam wrote:
In article ,
Sandman wrote:

nospam:
just as in your example, an early bidder bids $90 and it's
proxied to $10. then another person bids $25 and he's instantly
outbid at $26. he then bids $35 and outbid again at $36. he
starts to get caught up in the frenzy and bids $50 and is oubid
again at $51. now he really wants that item, so he bids one more
time, this time $75, and is outbid at $76. he gives up. the
listing ends and the early bidder wins for $76.

had the early bidder waited, the second bidder would have bid
$25, proxied to $10, and remained the high bidder at $10, with
him thinking he was going to get a killer deal for just $10. the
first person snipes at $90 (his maximum, same as in your
original example) and wins at $26.

Sandman:
That was the point.

yes it was the point, and what i've been saying all along.

it's good that you finally agree.

Sandman:
This only works if the item is bid on by only snipers or some
moron that undervalues the item. I.e. if the "second bidder" sets
his max at $90 and the sniper is at $100, the sniper wins it for
$91, not $26.

I.e. sniping is only beneficial (as in make a huge saving) if
there are no other "real" bids at the items market value.

or maybe not. that part is completely wrong.

sniping is always beneficial.

whether it results in a huge savings or not doesn't matter.

even if you save only a little bit, it's still a savings and each
time adds up.

bidding early only serves to increase what you'll pay.

*woosh*

woosh right back.

you're as confused as whisky dave.


What an unexpected response.

--
PeterN

In article ,
Whisky-dave wrote:


SO why are there free version of snipe software and paid versions.

it's the same reason there's free versions of lots of software.

Which is ?
I don't see any free verisions of photoshop.

what in the world does photoshop have to do with sniping software for
ebay???

what does that have to do with anything?

Evertything if you don;t want to be riped off or taken for a mug or is it
already too late for that.

nonsense.

this isn't about the cost of
third party software, which isn't even required anyway.

you're confused.

I know it's not reqiured

then why bring it up?

but large numebrs of people think it's required
so buy it or get ad-bombed with free versions.

that's their problem.

And what happens if two bidders are using snipe software surely only one
can win, or are you claiming both win.

where the hell did you come up with that??

Suppose two bidders are snipping what happenesd then.

the higher bid wins. no surprise there.

you're lost.

you're really confused.

That's because yuo're so **** at ansering really basic questions such as the
abve two at least.

A/ What is the differnce between using free snipe apps and paid versions ?

one costs money. duh.

2/ What happens if two bidders are using snipe software who wins ?

the one with the higher bid. duh.

you're *clearly* confused.

Maybe this is why ebay is no where near as popular by the savy as it;'s
used
to be, now it just peole to lazy to shope and get conned into think that
paying more than you want to give syou a bargin, I see these peolpe in
shops
buyo9ng in bulk when it's more expensive.

what does that have to do with anything?

Fools and their money are quickly and easily parted.

then your'e broke?

you're seriously confused, to the point where you haven't a clue.

Not as confused as you who can't explain why ebay would advertise
snipe bidding when according to you they lose money on it.

where does ebay advertise sniping software?

SO why can't you explain how it works, obvious isn;t it.

i have already explained numerous times.

In article ,
Whisky-dave wrote:

you're seriously confused, to the point where you haven't a clue.

Not as confused as you who can't explain why ebay would advertise
snipe bidding when according to you they lose money on it.

where does ebay advertise sniping software?

Everything, if you're going to pay for a product, well, for me there needs to
be some gain to that purchase.

that doesn't answer the question that was asked.

SO why can't you explain how it works, obvious isn;t it.

i have already explained numerous times.

So 5 people are bidding on the same item what advantage does each have othe
rthe other.

Bidder one just bids using ebay
Bidder two sets the price they are willing to pay and goes out taking photos
while the bidding is on.
Bidder 3 gets some free snipe software and does the above
bidder 4 user snipe software where you pay 1% of your winning bid.

what happened to the 5th bidder?

you're *very* confused.

first, you're assuming that every bidder bids once and only once, which
is not the normal situation.

that isn't the only thing you got wrong either. snipe software is *not*
required and *everyone* who bids on an ebay listing does so using ebay.
otherwise, how would ebay know what they bid??

if you meant bidding via the ebay web site, then you need to be clear
about that, but regardless, it has absolutely nothing to do with
sniping.

See you've not explained it because you don't understand it.

i understand it *much* better than you do.