On 11 Jul 2005 17:55:00 -0700, the renowned jim rozen
wrote:

In article omEAe.26175$4o.24229@fed1read06, SteveB says...

Sniping is when some MFer wins and you don't. Hope this explanation helps.
;-)

LOL. Or when the seller is absolutely certain there was some
guy out there who was watching TV, taking a crap, out for
a drive, or otherwise indisposed, who would have paid 2x
what the gizmo sold for.

This is the same view of life that the sniper has, when
somebody else gets the gizmo instead of him, and he was
sure if he just went two dollars more he could have had it.

Jim

*Sometimes* you can be *sure* of that (if the difference between bids
as shown in the final bid history is less than the minimum bid
increment).


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