Re: [CR]WAS: RH Rene Herse Crank - NOW: New eBay

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Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2007 21:39:11 -0600
From: "John Thompson" <JohnThompson@new.rr.com>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]WAS: RH Rene Herse Crank - NOW: New eBay
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Chris Kulczycki wrote:
> I think there is a much more important implication in this new E-Bay
> policy. Many of us, myself included, won't bid against friends. Many
> of us know each other and there are only so many people who will bid
> high for the rarest items. So will bids go higher? I think they will.

I don't think it will affect how I bid. I do most of my eBay bidding through a perl script that snipes bids at the last moment. I have on occasion found that I have bid against another list member -- after the fact, since I seldom check back after setting up the script to bid for me at my maximum bid. But I'm pretty much a bottom-feeder on eBay; my bids tend to be fairly low and if my sniped bid fails I just try again later when a similar item turns up.

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John Thompson (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA