Hi Ian & co,
Alan House trades a lot and I have bought from him. If you compare the time
of his bid and the closing time of the auction (just ONE second before, so he
absolutely nailed the result), I'd say he's a paid-up subscriber of
Hammersnipe or similar. There are other techniques which involve timing
your computer with an atomic clock and having at least two windows open
on the bay-site; but they are less certain.
Even the snippet programs have been having problem getting timely access
lately due to congestion/traffic.
Brian
>
> I just lost out on this one (I was the first bidder)
>
> http://cgi6.ebay.co.uk/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&item=1393668438
>
> not too bothered about not winning as it was speculative on my part and I'd
> bid
> as high as I was willing to pay.
>
> But how did the winner get a bid in 1 second before the auction ended as
> happened here - is it luck, practise, a special program?
>
> regards
> Ian
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