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Re: [OM] OT: System Security Announcement on evilBay

Subject: Re: [OM] OT: System Security Announcement on evilBay
From: "piers@xxxxxxxx" <piers.hemy@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2014 09:05:25 +0100
Not my experience at all as www.gixen.com was functioning perfectly 12
hours ago.

Piers
On 18 Oct 2014 03:48, "Paul Braun" <pbraun42@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> However, eBay shut down the sniping services that I used a long time ago
> like eSnipe to prevent such tactics. Unless I'm missing something, the only
> way now is to sit there online when it's ending and snipe manually. Easier
> now with the eBay app on my iPhone, usually impossible before.
>
>
> Paul Braun
> Certified Music Junkie
>
> "It's such a fine line between stupid, and clever." -- David St. Hubbins
>
> "Music washes from the soul the dust of everyday life" - Berthold Auerbach
>
> > On Oct 17, 2014, at 21:43, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> On 10/17/2014 6:21 PM, Chris Trask wrote:
> >>      Here's an interesting announcement from eBay:
> >>
> >>
> http://announcements.ebay.com/2014/10/to-make-shopping-even-safer-for-you-ebay-is-restricting-site-access-through-older-versions-of-web-browsers/
> >>
> >>      Maybe this will explain why the ending time of the auctions only
> shows the hour and minute since Thursday.  It may also be an anti-sniper
> move.
> >
> > HUH?
> >
> > The more things sell for, the more eBay makes. Why would they want to
> discourage last moment snipers and hold down prices?
> >
> > When I first went on the 'Bay, oh so many years ago, that was a mistake
> I made, sitting around at the last minute to see if any outbid me, then get
> in a last moment higher bid. Wasted some money in the heat of the moment.
> >
> > I soon learned to determine the most I was willing to pay far ahead of
> time, set an automatic snipe and wait to see what happened.
> >
> >
> > No Bidding Fool Moose
> >
> > --
> > What if the Hokey Pokey *IS* what it's all about?
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