Pollywogs!

As of 4:39PM EST.  If no one thought of it first, is it 'my' idea?  This is considered publishing it and copyrighting it?  Sorta?  Anyway…

How bout each member only gets one 'last bid' in the 24 hours of the auction (24 hours seems like a most fair fit).  Up to that point, refresh and bid as much as you want.  But, in the last 24 hours, you only get one refresh and rebid.  That would prevent people from sniping items (as I just did about 15 seconds ago) from someone else.  Everyone would flurry the bidding the moment up to the last refresh, but then you see what the actual interest is in the item, what the price fleshes out to.  If only two people are interested, there wouldn't be much of a bidding war in the moments leading up to the 24th remaining hour, and there would be no action, just a normal 'snipe' at the last minute.  BUT!!! that final snipe would simply be what the person truly wanted to pay, even if they counted it down to the final 15 seconds.  Because, they know if they don't wait till then, they could still be sniped.  BUT!!! knowing that they only get one, each simultaneous sniper will bid what they, in their hearts, truly believe is the highest amount they are willing to pay.  I call it HonestBidding ™ copyright by Garrett Socling 2006 All Rights Reserved.

If eBay ever comes out with such a feature, I'll sick the DCMA on them, and have them shut down and their servers confiscated, just like the Swedish police did to The Pirate Bay, eh?  Oh, uninvolved parties took it in the ass because of that kind of bullshit?  DCMA sucks doesn't it…copyright holders run amok suck ass, don't they…companies that find good ideas, 'lift' them and say they've been working on that very concept for two years before your blog entry suck, don't they?  Unless they pay me royalties of $0.001 on each transaction.  Does that add up to $3 million a year?  If not, please adjust the per transaction fee accordingly.  Thank you, current CEO of eBay.