I think I'm 64!

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Originally posted by Serenity:
I think I'm 64!

Good thinking!

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Originally posted by Serenity:
I must say, I did have TV from the time I was seven. My father bought the first in our area.

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Originally posted by Serenity:
We got our first TV in 1947.

Darn, someone caught on!

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Originally posted by Serenity:
Darn, someone caught on!

You keep me on my toes.

I guess as long as I can ride my motorcycle, I'll not feel too old.

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Originally posted by Serenity:
I guess as long as I can ride my motorcycle, I'll not feel too old.

The one with the power cord?

Ya, that one! But, I replaced it with a windup!

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Originally posted by Serenity:
I did speak with Bill from AS about this issue. The under five seconds issue is not a bug. It will be left this way. However, as several of us have said, and Bill agrees, anything under five seconds is not always good.

yeah, i used this program for the first time tonite... i kept the lead time at 5 seconds, and after i won, i saw what time they bid was posted and it said it was posted one second before the auction ends. i think if it is something really hard to find, or something you really want, it is best to keep it at five...at least according to my first time experience.]

thanks

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Originally posted by rferg:
i think if it is something really hard to find, or something you really want, it is best to keep it at five...at least according to my first time experience.

That's a little low. http://www.auctionsniper.com/TipsSheet.aspx

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Originally posted by Serenity:

LMAO!

Mrs. M – remember these two posts?

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Originally posted by Rick:

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Originally posted by rsmiller40:
but I think Steve is as old or maybe older than I am!

Well, should the "40" be any clue for me? Hard to think it is, you being a great-granny.

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Originally posted by Serenity:
Well, not exactly. That would be a really young great grandmother.

rsmiller40

Those were a year & a half ago.


Maybe we should take this to the General forum.

I really am mystified that this issue is running up against a wall. I thought that people experiment with sniping. I never lost on a 4 second snipe! It works great! The reason I want a close snipe is that it doesn't matter how high your reserve is..when your bid comes in at the wire and then the auction ends, it ends. The next increment can't up the price. At five seconds, you can lose to a higher bidder. I took a course on buying and selling on ebay at my college. Our professor introduced our class to auction sniper and the 4 second rule. He said you can have a million dollar reserve and still lose the item for pennies if the next increment bid comes in when the auction ends. He stated that he only used 4 seconds and though rare, he did lose on 5 second leads. I have won many items on 4 seconds with no problem. I still have yet to see a solid answer as to why it was changed to 5 seconds when 4 seconds would always win. I thought auction deities would know a lot of facts, but it seems like everyone is just hemming and hawing and just going by hear-say instead of experience. I'm curious to how many snipes are behind everyones comments. The 5 second restriction is just opportunity for higher bid increments to register before the auction ends and there was no reason for 5 second lead aside from that.

Hey 2000mangs

I say again...

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I suspect that you haven't really grasped what AS is all about.

This is why the oldies have gone off on a tangent - they're bored of trying to tell you the facts. I.e. IT IS NOT THE LAST BID THAT WINS, IT IS THE HIGHEST BID THAT WINS. AS JUST STOPS BIDDING WARS GIVING YOU A GREATER CHANCE OF WINNING.

I typed that in CAPS in the hope that you might read it carefully.

AS seem to have changed the minimum time to 5 seconds but rememmber that snipes get placed at more or less time depending on server loads, network speeds etc. AS is a business and, with all the data to hand, they appear to have worked out that 5 seconds is an excellent minimum time to maximise our chances of winning and, therefore, their profits.

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I may as well put the maximum bid up front and if its high enough nobody will want it except me!!

This is a proxy bid and it will get beaten by a nibbler who will just up and up his bids until you lose. This doesn't happen with AS as there is no time to react.

I, for one, am bored of the 4 sec/5 sec debate. The majority here use 8 seconds to good effect - if you cannot accept the advice offered then I suggest you post your question via the AS Help Tab on their support system...

R2

We ARE giving you good advice. We KNOW how often people do not get their snipes placed under 5 seconds. We DO know that 8 seconds is a good time. What more do you want...us to say yes and agree with you? NO! Most of us have sniped many, many times. Chatter, I know uses 8 seconds and has over 1000 successful snipes. End of subject as far as I am concerned. It is a dead horse!

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Originally posted by 2000mangs:
I still have yet to see a solid answer as to why it was changed to 5 seconds when 4 seconds would always win.

I thought Sniper Bill (AS support) provided that?

Right, he did!

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Originally posted by Serenity:
Right, he did!

One always have to be careful when one makes statements like the following:

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Originally posted by Serenity:
End of subject as far as I am concerned. It is a dead horse!

Someone might just point it out. [winking]

Then, can I again?

I can see this is a boys club where thought about things is not an option. Dead horse? Yeah, I guess you all are. I won't come back to this site anymore. I see false deities and yes people and no solid answer to why 4 seconds was taken away when it never failed me or others I've talked to. It seems you don't know what AS is all about. Oh!, C.O. means commanding officer! Obviously there is no military minds here either. I won't be back since this site is useless for answers. Good luck with your high bids. Goodbye