Cels Forum

-sigh- ok, ok...
Well, many people use dial-up line to connect or don't
have that good a connection. So they can't bid during
the last few seconds as they would have far to many chance
of missing the end...

Now, do you believe that many people bid realy the
higest amount they are ready to pay even if the
current bid is much lower ? Personaly I don't think so.
Many people bid. But when they are outbided, they may
probably bid again slightly higher. And if that's not
enough, probably they will try again slightly higher...

Not many people will bid immediatly 250.- on an item
that is currently at 50.-  They will probably bid
80.- and when they are outbided, they will try a little
higher... until they reach 250.-

That's why many people wait as long as possible before
placing their bid. You suddenly have many bids during
the last minutes.

There is absolutly no advantage in biding before the
last time possible... If naturaly, you can do it...
which mean good lines, beeing infront of the computer
when the auction end or having a program that will
do it for you...

Clear(er) now ?
Some people say that auction is fairer than "first come"
because that let more time to see the stuff... So you
should then try to avoid that it's become "the one
who has the best connection". :)

Naturaly, if you realy wanted to do things
fully, you would bid as near the end of the
auction as possible and then follow your bid
by a "denial of service" attack on the webserver,
preventing other people to bid. That already
happened several time with Ebay...
(Don't try it at home : It's computer piracy...)

Cheers,
Yann S.