I won a fatboy today on the bay. If two people bid the same amount the earliest gets it. Check this out.
Wow. talk about close.
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I hope it cleans up really nicely for you. Enjoy- I know I really like mine.
Yeah. You need to beat the other persons bid by a certain amount as well. If you bid 13.00 and the other person bids 13.01, 13.00 wins. The other person would need to, IIRC, bid 13.50 or higher.
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Yep. Did you notice just how much 'earlier' my bid was than his? 
Nice - I was watching that one!
I'd always wondered what would happen if two people put in the same bid amount at the same time.
Unique! 
Seriously, though, nice score!
Seriously, though, nice score!
Well played sir. 
As basic and practical as the exercise of finding and winning auctions on eBay there's still a rush in the last few seconds when you place a bid and realize you're not the only one who stumbled on to a find like this. (clarification - I was not the other bidder, just reflecting on past experience)
As basic and practical as the exercise of finding and winning auctions on eBay there's still a rush in the last few seconds when you place a bid and realize you're not the only one who stumbled on to a find like this. (clarification - I was not the other bidder, just reflecting on past experience)
that was me!!! Lol! Should have put $13.01 I guess!
Nanoseconds count! Nice score AMB, and superb timing 
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Timing wasn't my own, I used esnipe.
Dan, did you do it manually or use a sniping service? Would be interesting to know how esnipe does things. If two people using the same service put the same bids with the same default 6 seconds til end timing, which do they process first?
Dan, did you do it manually or use a sniping service? Would be interesting to know how esnipe does things. If two people using the same service put the same bids with the same default 6 seconds til end timing, which do they process first?
Mine was manual
Interesting. That is one reason I also bid an unusual number, such as 15.16 instead of 15.00. Not sure if that ever worked out in my winning by a nose, but it is something I always do!
well the internet is based on a packet switching network, and as such, no 2 bids will ever arrive at the server at the exact same time even if they where placed at the exact same time. They will arrive milliseconds apart, however which one is first will have more to do with ping time and how many hops to the server than anything else.
Me too. I've won by as little as two cents, e.g. the bid showing was $24, my last second bid of $25.02 revealed the actual amount of the previous bid as $25. Must be fairly annoying to the second place bidder, but perhaps not as bad as losing a virtual tie.
My last few auctions I used Gixen as a sniping service. The bid would always go in with five seconds left. Sniping manually, it was sometimes less than that.
hahah that's awesome. good to know
