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OT: ebay sniping

a friend has found this technique useful:
open two browser windows, setup a bid ready to go in one, and then
refresh the other like crazy. if outbid, fire off the bid from the other
window. voila! you've become a sniper too! ;-)
bruce

On Tuesday, February 25, 2003, at 12:17 PM, David Myers wrote:

> Thanks for the URL Rich.  Re ebay snipers--yeah, I was refreshing like  
> crazy, but still, 20 seconds to go and this vulture still managed to  
> get me.  Guess I'm not in the pro league yet...
>
> DLM
>
> On Tuesday, February 25, 2003, at 11:54 AM, Rich R. wrote:
>
>> David,
>>
>> It *is* at the Digitech site, but it's under "Time
>> Machine," which may be a little misleading:
>>
>> ftp://ftp.digitech.com/pub/PDFs/Discontinued%20Products/Manuals/ 
>> TimeMachine.pdf
>>
>> A sniper got you!  It's kind of the way the game is
>> played on Ebay.  I'll watch an auction I'm really
>> interested in winning right up until the end.
>> Refresh-Refresh-Refresh-Refresh-Refresh- you know,
>> like that.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Rich
>
>