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How to snipe an auction with revised ending date.

puppyraiserpuppyraiserMember
While I couldn't call it popular yet, I've seen the following more than once.

Seller lists an item for 3 days. If there are no bids, they revise the auction and make it a 5 day. If still no bids they revise again and make it a 7 day. The theory is, an item would appear closer to the top of a search results page than simply listing a 7 day auction to begin with.

Not something I would try, because a minimum bid placed early on, would prevent listing for 7 days, but I've seen sellers do it.

My understanding is that AS checks for this and will adjust a snipe that's been entered, but they only run this job about once a day.

Is this still the case?

Once a day isn't good enough, since an auction can still be revised with just over 12 hours left. A snipe placed 2 days early would be quite annoying.

Should I continue to double check snipes and auction end times in the closing hours, or might this be a reason to also enter an early minimum bid?

Thanks in advance for any opinions and insight.

On a personal note.
Hi Jabber. Got your message... thanks.

...and HI to everyone else. Best wishes.
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rickrickMember
CAUTION: DRAMA ZONE AHEAD!



I guess I’ll have to be the one to provide a permanent record of all of the versions of Paul’s post. Paul, I so wish you would stop distorting the content of your posts after someone has responded – it’s kind of like cheating on an exam.



Original version (posted Feb. 24, 3:50 AM PST):
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Originally posted by Camera:
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You need to stop blaming yourself.

Mad Frown Red Face Roll Eyes Eek




Second version – after Lexie’s “Is anybody else disappointed with Paul's response??”:
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Originally posted by Camera:
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You need to stop blaming yourself.

Frown Roll Eyes

In response to Lexie:

No, I don't blame myself! Most were in the process of leaving or had left. Others felt that it was worth staying to see if I succeeded, but I didn't, so they departed.

So of the "Old Guard" you, R2 & Mike from Yorkshire as "neutrals" so to speak all remained.

If you remember, I never had the problem, the others did. I intervened, because I returned after a few months absence and found a battleground, not the friendly board I had left, but the cause was already lost. People like Annie and Mory had already left and Garden Gnome and the others shortly followed.

A battle lost does not mean a cause defeated you know Lexie and I still think it was worth fighting for. You obviously, viewing the wasteland created don't, but that is a matter of opinion.

I think now, it would be better to leave the matter alone and see if we can go forward, don't you? Even the two chief protagonists have reached a state of equilibrium.

It wasn't my problem or yours and I got overinvolved and that was a mistake I concede. You didn,t so perhaps feel that you can sit in judgement.

This message has been edited. Last edited by: Camera, February 24, 2006 04:48 PM PST




Third, and latest version – after Lexie’s “Ahhh crap, I knew I should of thrown in a Razz at the end” and my post:
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Originally posted by Camera:
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You need to stop blaming yourself.

Frown Roll Eyes

Rick - This is a new truth - enjoy!

"This message has been edited. Last edited by: Camera, February 24, 2006 11:58 PM "

In all the best Communist States modifying history is a continuous process.

A new tomorrow starts here ..............

This message has been edited. Last edited by: Camera, February 25, 2006 12:01 AM PST
rickrickMember
quote:
Originally posted by Camera:
Sorry Rick, it was just sitting there on the tree, like a ripe plum ready for the picking!
“Sorry”? You apologize for doing something intentional? Also, it was not only *your* ripe plum that you put out there, but the tree and the entire orchard. Perhaps you should do a better job of editing your thoughts, instead of your posts. Maybe even cull off the plums before they get too ripe? Somewhat akin to preventing rotten thoughts?



quote:
Originally posted by Camera:
Warning: There is no permanance about this message, it may be edited at any time to reflect the new truth
Don’t you mean to say that it may be edited at any time so that you don’t look like a fool?



Paul,

I could say I’m sorry for posting this and the previous post, but wouldn’t that be just a tad hypocritical? On a personal note, and you can believe this or not, for the most part I enjoy many of the contributions that you make to this forum. I think your Cap Crusader role could use a little work, but that’s just my bias. Have you ever heard about spouse-abused wives shooting would-be rescuers?



For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. – Newton’s Third Law of Motion
cameracameraMember
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I think your Cap Crusader role could use a little work, but that’s just my bias


I have to put this on "permanent" record!

I agree with you absolutely Rick! Not 99.9% or any of that nonsense. 100%


Paul

(actually I was editing it in response to Lexies remark showing she wasn't serious! Shows you can't please all the people all the time!)
rickrickMember
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Originally posted by Bartelby:
Pleasing some of the people, some of the time can be bloody hard work too.
Lexie, you’re just going to have to be satisfied with 25 seconds, or find yourself a Viking.



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Originally posted by Jabbergah:
What's a Cap Crusader?? Somebody who doesn't like people wearing ball caps? Somebody who likes to loosen jar caps??
Neither – that’s why it was in upper case.

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