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

Subject: Re: [OM] OT: System Security Announcement on evilBay
From: "Wayne Harridge" <wayne.harridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2014 09:36:59 +1100
eSnipe seemed to be working last week (last time I set a snipe) !

...Wayne


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] On Behalf Of Paul Braun
Sent: Saturday, 18 October 2014 1:48 PM
To: Olympus Camera Discussion
Subject: Re: [OM] OT: System Security Announcement on evilBay

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-eb
ay-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
> 
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> What if the Hokey Pokey *IS* what it's all about?
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