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Trademe, the local equivalent of Ebay in NZ, auto extends their auctions which has pretty much stopped sniping. It works really well. It's probably a question o
by mprovost 13y ago
Trademe, the local equivalent of Ebay in NZ, auto extends their auctions which has pretty much stopped sniping. It works really well. It's probably a question of who they're interested in keeping happy, the buyers or sellers. I imagine fixed time auctions are better for buyers and auto-extending ones are better for sellers.
- MichaelGG 13y agoSniping is better for "advanced" buyers. It makes normal people that think of eBay as an "action" site really, really annoyed. You start bidding 5 days out, and feel comfortable, then literally at the last second, someone outbids by a dollar. I've even seen some sellers so annoyed they will refuse to sell to any sniping winners.