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E-mail: 		Re: Astrogirl not so nice (Sat May 22 13:09:37 1999 )
Ken A.
http://www.jps.net/kallred/Cels/index.html
kallred@jps.net 
 So what's the problem? She left you 4.9 seconds to work
with didn't she?
 Have two browser windows open with a new bid ready to go
in one, and the auction in the other. When you hit refresh
in the second window and see that you've been out bid, that
leaves you plenty of time to press OK in the first window.
Of course there's the question of whether or not your data
will make it to eBay in the remaining 4.5 seconds, but you
stand a fair chance.
 If you're worried about it, toss that 56k modem and get a
ADSL or a T-1 line. That should reduce your packet latency
and give you a saftey margin. Plus it's good for Quake too.
Then build yourself a local web page containing the auction
that does auto refresh. That should save you a good 0.4
seconds in reaction time. And if that's not enough,
consider writing a perl script to monitor the auction for
you. Eliminates the human factor altogether.
 Or, just bid the maximum you're willing to pay for it right
from the start. eBay will use that as it's limit, and
automatically bid whatever it takes to keep you on top. If
someone bids over that, then it shouldn't matter if it's
5 seconds, minutes, or hours before the end of auction.
Of course it's not as much fun that way!



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