"Snipers" use automated "sniping" software to place bids for them.
By common opinion, the use of software, that bid automatically at the last second, is not fair at the penny auctions. This tactics smokes other bidders out and kills the game.
What to do?
First measure, what was invented by owners of penny auctions, was administrative - to limit the number of wins in week and month per customer.
Some auctions have tried to use Captcha, when customer press the bidding button (a challenge-response test to ensure that the response is not generated by a computer). 100% guarantee, but complicate manual bidding.
We are programming the tool for eliminating snipers now, our clients will be free of these players soon.
Thursday, August 27, 2009
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PENNY AUCTION IS A CHEATING PROGRAM~! I WON A NANO MOUSE , I DID PAY ALL THE PAYMENT! NOW ALREADY TAKE 1 month and they keep saying send wrong to me ask me to patience wait a week and a week...KNS SHIT PENNYAUCTION!
ReplyDeleteYes, Kaven, in any business dishonest people can operate. The same problem exists with the Internet-shops.
ReplyDeleteIt is a pity that you did not write the name of this penny auction so that others also knew.