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Ebay in Peril? Sniping at fault.?

An SI Board Since September 2002

Posts	SubjectMarks	Bans	Symbol
72	1	0	EBAY

Emcee: Bill Jackson	Type: Moderated

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22	SB, Well, ebay is not well suited to liquidations unless the seller sets a price	Bill Jackson	-	9/30/2002
21	Bill I don't thinking that sniping is the problem. It is just that people a	SBerglowe	-	9/30/2002
20	shootie, Hmm, I heard that many other auction places have antisniper defences,	Bill Jackson	-	9/30/2002
19	Bill, I understand your position better now that I know you purchase for resale	Shoot1st	-	9/30/2002
18	Shootie, About shills. There are footprints that shills leave. Repeatedly found	Bill Jackson	-	9/30/2002
17	shootie, yes, sometimes I load in a waay high bid, I usually get it if it is for	Bill Jackson	-	9/30/2002
16	Calypso, Well, the true sniper wants his bid to arrive at the last seonnd so no-	Bill Jackson	-	9/30/2002
15	Bill, "When I sell now, I start it at a price I would be happy to sell at.	caly	-	9/30/2002
14	BTW.....most of the snipers I've lost to have loaded their proxy with dramat	Shoot1st	-	9/30/2002
13	You're not even close. The shills will cost you money. The snipers might t	Shoot1st	-	9/30/2002
12	Calypso, Yes, watch lists make it easy to track it, as to bookmarks that you ren	Bill Jackson	-	9/30/2002
11	Shootie, You gain success be beating others in a techincal way when you cannot o	Bill Jackson	-	9/30/2002
10	Harpo, The settle time means ni bids. If a bid comes in 1 second before the end	Bill Jackson	-	9/30/2002
9	Bill, sniping is what works, that's why people do it. I fail to see a probl	Harpo	-	9/30/2002
8	The flip side of that would be the "plants" world wide that can and pr	Shoot1st	-	9/30/2002
7	"They want to bid and get out bid and then bid again on their own." I	caly	-	9/30/2002
6	calypso, many people are not so philosophical as you. They want to bid and get	Bill Jackson	-	9/30/2002
5	I'm not sure I follow the logic of sniping being a problem with regard to th	caly	-	9/30/2002
4	SB, People who want to snipe an item in an auction are not likely to buy from	Bill Jackson	-	9/30/2002
3	7:59AM eBay cut to Underperform at RBC; $45 target (EBAY) 57.50: RBC Capital Mkt	SBerglowe	-	9/30/2002
2	SB, Good find. I wonder how accurate they are? If Ebay knows about them they can	Bill Jackson	-	9/30/2002
1	Just found this on another thread: A service that track' Ebay's volume	SBerglowe	-	9/29/2002

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