MayhemMaybe wrote:
The only way to nearly eliminiate sniping would be for ebay to implement a system where a bid within a certain time of the auctions end extends the end time of the auction by a certain amount.
This is what TradeMe (New Zealand's equivalent of eBay) does - auctions are extended by a few minutes to help stop this...
In practice, if more than one person
really wants an item, it leads to stupidly higher and higher bids until eventually they stop. Great from the seller's point of view!
- Ali
