preacher4u
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posted on May 13, 2001 02:11:34 PM new
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preacher4u
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posted on May 13, 2001 05:26:18 PM new
By the way, you know you've mastered the art of sniping when you receive bid confirmation and a notice that the auction has ended on the same page. I thought that eBay was going to crash!
http://cgi6.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&item=587013036&ed=989799458
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keziak
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posted on May 13, 2001 06:33:27 PM new
How did the other buyer get your email address if nowadays, only the Seller can gain access to that?
keziak
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preacher4u
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posted on May 13, 2001 06:54:42 PM new
Now that you ask, I really don't know. I first tought that he got it from the "ask seller a question" from any of my active auctions, but I just checked the first eMail he sent me and it doesn't say anything about being sent frrom eny auction of mine.
weird..
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DDICffe
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posted on May 13, 2001 06:57:47 PM new
preacher: Mayhap he "sniped" it!! Great bidding, and if you need to practice, go ahead on my stuff. I never panic when 30 of 33 auctions have no bids, because the odds do get there, and by the end most will have a bid. Snipe away, all!! 
Rick
In the begining, God created the heavens and the earth.
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AnonymousCoward
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posted on May 13, 2001 07:51:39 PM new
preacher4u
How did he get your email address?
Probably through the email link in your gallery section, plus you provide your ICQ number. There you even show much more than your secondary email.
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preacher4u
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posted on May 13, 2001 07:56:27 PM new
Yes, he could've gotten my email from my aboutMe page, but it wasn't from there.
The email had this message, but no info on any auction:
"This email was sent by an eBay member via eBay's email forwarding system.
If you reply to the email, your response will go directly to the member and
not through eBay. "
This means anybody still can get anybody's email address w/o having a related auction between them.
typo.
[ edited by preacher4u on May 13, 2001 07:57 PM ]
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dubyasdaman
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posted on May 13, 2001 08:07:33 PM new
I have never won an auction on ebaY that I didn't snipe, and I've won a lot of them. As a matter of fact I can't even remember the last item that I placed a regular proxy bid on.
As a seller, I would prefer that bidders bid early and often, but snipers are ALWAYS welcome. Anything that raises the high bid means more money in the till. More money is always good. You never know when Jr. is going to ask for the GI Joe with the Kung Fu grip, and a sniper just may help pay for it.
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BJGrolle
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posted on May 14, 2001 07:22:28 AM new
No, you're not a weasel.
I had the same thing happen once. I received an email from the underbidder accusing me of being mean and sneaky by bidding in the last 15 seconds. (Through esnipe.)
I was tempted to respond but I figured it could only get nastier from that point on, so I resisted. I think that's the best way to handle this type of thing. (Or type out your response and do not hit Send.)
http://bjgrolle.freehomepage.com
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ladyfargo
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posted on May 14, 2001 07:48:38 AM new
HELLO?
ANYONE can still send e-mail to anyone else--that has not changed. The only difference NOW is that you CANNOT SEE the actual e-mail address of the person if you aren't linked by an auction.
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popnrock
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posted on May 14, 2001 09:54:59 AM new
I bid on a dress at the last minute and won. The next day I received an angry email from a guy in England telling me I stole his dress! He wanted buy it off of me. I told him because he was so rude I wouldn't sell it to him. He apologized and now we are the best of friends.
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ashlandtrader
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posted on May 14, 2001 10:43:39 AM new
Add me to the list of sniper lovers! Any and all bidders welcome just as long as you eventually do get around to paying me that is (oops another topic.)
:0)
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mlriche
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posted on May 14, 2001 01:20:36 PM new
I use sniping for my own protection as a bidder - I'm never tempted to "bid just a little bit more". Just put my highest bid in the sniping software, and sit back and let the chips fall where they may! Made my life as a bidder a lot less stressful.
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ladyfargo
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posted on May 14, 2001 02:11:37 PM new
popnrock:
Awwwww shucks, he just wants to stick it in ya', if-you-know-what-I-mean.
[ edited by ladyfargo on May 14, 2001 02:12 PM ]
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