27 Oct
1998
27 Oct
'98
8:43 a.m.
Rather than looking at sniping as a "bug",
perhaps it should be
considered a "feature". There are scavengers in all ecosystems. I
guarantee you the powers at Ebay probably consider sniping to be an
asset. If they got rid of it, bid traffic would be 20 or 30% lower and
prices overall (complete total) might actually be lower. Perhaps sniping
is one of those key reasons why Ebay has grown so large.
Please ? The whole idea of sniping is just to avoide a real
competition situation. In fact, it may lower the price of
all 'needed' goods, because nobody will get a chance to top
the sniper. So a final price might have been higher.
And bid traffic isn't a thing a auction system like eBay
need - Traffic is just cost to pay and lowers profit.
Gruss
H.
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Ich denke, also bin ich, also gut
HRK