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A comment on eBay Explicitly Bans AI "Buy for Me" Agents in User Agreement Update. Parent comment

Re:eBay Explicitly Bans AI "Buy for Me" Agents in User Agree... by Analemma_ on Wednesday January 21, 2026 @06:08PM (#46712974)
I mean, dick move, but that has nothing to do with sniping. You could do that at any point during the auction and it would have the same effect.
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Re:eBay Explicitly Bans AI "Buy for Me" Agents in User Agree... by ab5tract on Thursday January 22, 2026 @02:50AM (#46716392)
Sniping means that bidders may have decided to put in a higher ceiling in order to avoid losing at the last second.

If there was never a worry about this, they could bring out (and decide) that ceiling only after being outbid.

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