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Originally posted by Mr. Natural:
Third point: you're right that a small minority of ebay auctions are won using AS. However, almost certainly, a much higher proportion use AS in certain categories. A lot of used camera buyers and collectors use AS, but there's no way to know if it's a majority. Obviously the AS corporation would never disclose this kind of proprietary information. But from the camera collector mailing lists, it appears AS is becoming part of the culture.
Fourth point: I'm aware my bid may not have won. (Duhhh . . . )
I must say, Mr. Natural, that I am not following the reasoning in many of your posts. You seem to be making broad, sweeping statements about AS and, frankly, I do not know on what you are basing them. What leads you to believe that "a lot of camera collectors and buyers use AS"? You have no way whatsoever to determine whether or not someone uses AS, one of the other sniping services, or snipes manually. What is it about the camera collector mailing list that tells you there are many AS users?
As far as your fourth point, I seriously do not believe that any "duh" is necessary. You did state in your original post that your $80 bid "would have won." It was merely pointed out to you by myself and others that you have no way of knowing this, so I would say that it was reasonable, based on your own statement, to suspect that you did not understand that fact.