Auction Page made me MAD!

[fabsroman]

Originally Posted by jon lynn

fabsroman,

I can understand why you use it, but in my eyes it defeats the theory of what an auction is.

I (from my point of view) see it as the site allowing cheating, if they are to cheap to monitor the stuff and not assure fairness, they are little better than an cheesy online Asian bazaar. (Ask Dom to tell you about the Asian Markets just inside the Czech border)

With the human element gone, it is not truly an auction.

I know a real auction has people on the phones bidding, but a human is waving that goofy little paddle for the guy/gal on the phone.

The program isn't really any different than how a real auction would work except for that these auction places do not run these things like real auctions to maximize the sales price. Especially with e-bay where they do not extend the auction end time after the last bid is made.

The way I look at a sniping program is the way I look at hiring an agent to bid on something for you. You can hire a person (i.e., an agent) to represent you at an auction and give him/her instructions as to what your max bid price is. The exact same thing is done with these sniping programs. Essentially, the agent and the program allow you to avoid having to attend the auction. Difference is that a sniping program cannot be used at a non-internet auction. Just like hiring an agent, the sniping program charges a fee for each auction you win.