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I suppose that may be true, if everyone bids like at a live auction, only just topping the previous bid. But if one is fighting against davidm or myself, who leave larger proxy bids that we're perfectly comfortable paying, are you really getting it cheaper?
BTW, one can usually do the same thing (proxy bid) at a "live" auction. The auctioneer will start the item at a reasonable and not too cheap price (after all, they've already got a bid, taking bids from the floor or phone against the proxy bid. When the proxy bid(s) is exceeded, action goes to the floor/phones.
No matter what, you're winning because you wanted to pay more than the last person who had a valid bid. The timing may enter in to it, but sometimes not. I've a friend who likes to counter-snipe by placing a huge (like double or more) bid in the last seconds when he knows he's fighting a couple snipers bidding dollar by dollar. This can be dangerous, though!
For me, personally, it's not worth the aggravation of either sniping live, or setting up a sniping program for every auction I bid. I certainly don't need everything I bid on, and I've been relieved more than a few times when my max bid has been exceeded!
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Posts in this Thread:
- Any safe E-bay sniping programs?Real time need to know, Used to be Chaz, Sun, 20 Jun 2010 13:40:19
- Why snipe at all?, Larry West
, Mon, 21 Jun 2010 08:38:30- Re: Why snipe at all?, Scott Paterson
, Mon, 21 Jun 2010 20:06:51 - People try to snipe me all the time on ebay...hahaha, davidm, Mon, 21 Jun 2010 18:31:06
- Re: Why snipe at all?, TML
, Mon, 21 Jun 2010 12:41:07 - If all buyers caem through on their commitment to buy,, Bill Homer
, Mon, 21 Jun 2010 09:07:30
- AuctionStealer.com, Scott Paterson
, Sun, 20 Jun 2010 21:19:01 - Re: Any safe E-bay sniping programs?Real time need to know, fraero95, Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:45:45
- Also want to know, just lost out two bids to last secon, Bill Homer
, Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:44:43
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