I have been in many interviews. I could have told them that I had a Ph.D. and they'd believe me but not care, and jump straight to the experience portion.
Well, I am not surprised at all about this. It really is logical that sellers (who can be bidders) would do that. Just like in a real life auction, one can ask a friend or collaborator to bid when he/she sees that some bidders in the audience seem pretty fired up to buy the item. Then, how can one possibly tell? Recording IP Addresses? LOL!!!
All you'd have to do is use a buddy's PC to register and bid. Or even simpler, use a public proxy in Brazil or South Africa to do that. I guess the media is learning a bit more about computers, and they made a story about such phenomena. If you are reading this, I'm sorry to have waisted your time.
Personally, I bid on the last 15-20 seconds if I wish to buy it. There's no need for all the silly bidding game they play. In several items, I have been overbid in a matter of 2-3 minutes. Who on earth is possibly looking at the same item when there are 20 of the same kind and price range coming up?
With Microsoft products running in a car the insurance premiums will quadruple.
You know why, cause won't have the time to download music at home, but going 75 down the highway.
Heck, I can even prepare my presentations while driving to work. I'll just use my feet to move the steering wheel. Feels like Pippi Longstockings !!! Yippie
I hate flash on sites. It's rather irritating when one is trying to read something and on the corner there's some office advertisement. It's like watching tv, but not having the control. I think I'll disable the flash plug-in!!!
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I have been in many interviews. I could have told them that I had a Ph.D. and they'd believe me but not care, and jump straight to the experience portion.
Well, I am not surprised at all about this. It really is logical that sellers (who can be bidders) would do that.
Just like in a real life auction, one can ask a friend or collaborator to bid when he/she sees that some bidders in the audience seem pretty fired up to buy the item. Then, how can one possibly tell? Recording IP Addresses? LOL!!!
All you'd have to do is use a buddy's PC to register and bid. Or even simpler, use a public proxy in Brazil or South Africa to do that. I guess the media is learning a bit more about computers, and they made a story about such phenomena. If you are reading this, I'm sorry to have waisted your time.
Personally, I bid on the last 15-20 seconds if I wish to buy it. There's no need for all the silly bidding game they play.
In several items, I have been overbid in a matter of 2-3 minutes. Who on earth is possibly looking at the same item when there
are 20 of the same kind and price range coming up?
I don't think Ebay can really do much about this.
With Microsoft products running in a car the insurance premiums will quadruple. You know why, cause won't have the time to download music at home, but going 75 down the highway. Heck, I can even prepare my presentations while driving to work. I'll just use my feet to move the steering wheel. Feels like Pippi Longstockings !!! Yippie
I hate flash on sites. It's rather irritating when one is trying to read something and on the corner there's some office advertisement. It's like watching tv, but not having the control. I think I'll disable the flash plug-in!!!
Yeah funny... The news site where that was posted was rather ugly too. Oh my god, the news media wants to kill me!!!
Could it be that people are happier when they are not sick? I am !!!!