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Originally Posted by Andrew
I snipe every auction. No exceptions. And everyone who knows my eBay handle knows this.  |
Me too. I usually take a look at something I want and then place my maximum bid with the sniper software. It will hit in the last 6 to 4 seconds.
Usually I don't know who is bidding against me because I don't follow the auctions that much once I have placed a bid.
I have beaten a few Forumites here, and in some cases have emailed the bidder and offered it to them for my bid unless I was really in love with it.
And, hey, I have been sniped also. My first eBay auction. A wonderful CHinese wedding bed went for a dollar more than my highest bid. WOW! That hurt!
But now I realize that the winning bidder could have bid hundreds of dollars more than me and only had to beat my bid by a dollar.
So I throw out the line and see what gets caught. No offense intended to anyone.
But I have been "shadowed" and have gotten into a "testestosterone war" with other bidders inching the price up.
I do not care to play that game. Just set my bid and go do other things. See what I have caught when the auction is over and eBay sends me a message:
"YOU WON!" Now pay the seller.
"YOU WERE OUTBID" Here is a list of more stuff. Go and bid some more.