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FUCK OFF YOU WANKERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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ahah |
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LOL! |
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<--- me 10 minutes ago :) |
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: ( what were you bidding on? |
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Technics SL1210 mk2 turntable |
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try bidding more money you fucking retard |
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on your periods honey? you're still gonna have to wash those dishes |
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try a sniper software |
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el oh el |
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What is this "sniper software" you speak of? |
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jbidwatcher A+++ |
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wow, aren't you daring. sorry, you can't blame women for your inability to understand ebay. |
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yeah she's right the whole point to auctions is to bid the most money at the end of the auction you cant be pissed off cause people arent retarded |
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hahah... :D |
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No one ever wants to push the bids up too high, which is totally understandable. Why raise the price by £50 two hours before the end, when you can raise it by £1 at ten seconds to go. |
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well this guy was obviously using this sniper software to cheat, which i wasn't aware that existed. i haven't used ebay for a long time, and i have only one a few auctions here and there in the past. there's nothing retarded about me being pissed off that this guy outbidded me on the last 10 FUCKING seconds, it's very normal to feel that way you robot muppets. i was only expressing my few mintutes frustration over this. it's no big deal, i couldn't care less about this now, there will be other auctions. so you can fuck off with your smartass attitudes both of you. fucking patronizing pricks. ok i'm done. that was fun :D |
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i sympathize. people with sniper software should be banned from the internet. |
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Bah it's just that... who decides what's the last time before a bid and what's not? Is it morally acceptable for the last bid to be 10seconds? 1 minute? 10 minutes? There's no black/white here... just a fucking grey zone. There's no way to make it perfect for everybody, so I say keep those sniper software. |
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thats how it works man |
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what is sniper software???? |
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i have no knowledge of said sniper software, but common sense would suggest that it's software that acts automatically to bid within the remaining moments of an ebay item's availability in order to assure your purchase. could you not figure that out for yourself? |
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yes, but I wanted moe details and links sorry for being less intelligent than what you require |
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yes, but I wanted moe details and links sorry for being less intelligent than what you require |
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yeah, the same thing happened to me once, and I came here and bitched about it, and I got the same response... then I realized they were right. Either place you max bid, and accept it if someone else is willing to pay more then you, or bid in the last 10 seconds as well... because as long as the auction is open, it really is fair to place a bid. that said, I was pissed too, so I understand how ya feel. |
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yeah don't do it again man. seriously, fucking watch that shit. |
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it isn't cheating - it's as simple as that. it's completely within 'eBay guidelines'. most people know about auction sniping - don't blame the rest of the world for your ignorance. |
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Heh... I once did that. I wasn't intentionally trying to snipe the high bidder, but I encountered the item with only five minutes left, did some quick research, determined that it would be worthwhile. Spent the last 30 seconds furiously raising my bid to the point that I won, and the last time I saw the item screen before I won said there was 3 seconds to go. |
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yes, but I wanted moe details and links sorry for being less intelligent than what you require |
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10 seconds is plenty of time on eBay, I usually keep two tabs opened on Opera one ready to bid and another to make frequent reloads I only do this when I'm serious interested in a item I hate those snippers who bid on the last 2 seconds that's why you really have to place your max bid and let eBay bid for you. |
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sniper software stuff, when it automatically bids does it bid a certain amount or like, the highest current big +1? |
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generally they work the same as eBay - you fill in your maximum bid and the sniper bids in the last few seconds, which means it'll bid the amount that's just over the maximum of the previous high bidderm - that is, if your maximum bid exceeds the previous bid ofcourse. the only difference with normal bidding is that it does it within the last few seconds and it does it automatically - you don't have to hang around etc. |
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i went down the shop to get some cigarettes at 11.05 but they decided to close on time! what a bunch of fucking bastards! |
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to compare ebay sniping to actual in person auctions is quite wrong there is no set time for auctions in real life, but a time limit after each bid. so you couldn't, let's say, walk into an auction room at the last second, shout out your bid and walk away the owner of whatever item. ebay sniping is shit. just because it's within ebays guidelines doesn't make it any less slimey an action. that said, most people just buy things they don't even really need on ebay, so there's no real reason to get worked up. i missed you xltronic |
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what is your point, though? yes, you can't compare eBay auctions to actual in person auctions. therefore you can "walk into an {eBay} auction room at the last second, shout out your bid and walk away the owner of whatever item". it is exactly that difference that is important. if sniping was said to be unfair, would people using DSL to connect to eBay also be cheating? what if one browser is quicker than the other, is that unfair? etc. etc. it's only a slimey action if you refrain from sniping yourself out of some misplaced idea of "being ethical". |
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well i would argue that if one actually bid like one should, (under the guidelines of ebay) that being your actual max bid, a faster connection speed really wouldn't be an advantage and the actually bidding is taking care through ebay so nobody is advantaged. in a somewhat related thingymajiggy, i bid 15 dollars max recently on an item and lost, to someone else who bid 15 dollars. it was weird. i guess however the increments and turns between biddings worked they ended up on 15 dollars and i couldn't bid over them. it confused me at first and i thought i had been duped, but then i thought about it some more and concluded i'm stupid. p.s. i sent you an email |
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oh and i don't think really have a point, other than i don't like ebay sniping. i think i made up that somebody drew the corrolation between actually auctions and ebay auctions. ebay angers my blood and i should probably refrain from any threads bearing it's name. |
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that 15 dollar thing is confusing. how did you loose..? what yes! I got your e-mail! I'll reply tomorrow! :) |
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well the thing is, sniping has long ago become the norm - so if you're bidding on a HOT item, you'd better use one too. I don't mind so much, it's all a silly game anyway really. |
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well i don't know for sure, but i figure let's say... i had just out bid somebody on the item for 12.50 or something like that (my max bid was 15) then they came back with 15 or more... (i think it was .50 increments) me 12.50 them 13 me 13.50 them 14.00 me 14.50 them 15 so since my bid isn't over 15 and even though i was the initial winner at 12.50 i still can't win |
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you made my head die. |
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