12-02-2004, 09:14 PM
Ok I admit it, I am a sniper on eBay, and I enjoy it. For those who don't bid, or are not familiar with the term, here is the definition of sniping from the eBay site:
"Sniping means placing a bid in the closing minutes or seconds of an auction."
The theory behind sniping is that if one places a bid in the final seconds (I try to place my bid with approximately 5 seconds remaining), before the bid period expires, and you become the highest bidder others will not have time to place another bid. eBay instructions for bidding is to place your maximum bid and sit back and see if you end up being the highest bidder, of course they want you to come back and place another bid if someone outbids you. My experience is that if I place an early bid, I invariably don't get the item, or pay more than I would have liked to pay for the item.
There are sniping sites, that for a fee, they will place sniping bids automatically. I am too cheap to use them, but they sure would be handy, so that I didn't have to remember to be online ready to place my bid at odd hours. Any other snipers out there, who are willing to admit it, and do you pay for a service to place your sniping bids?
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"Sniping means placing a bid in the closing minutes or seconds of an auction."
The theory behind sniping is that if one places a bid in the final seconds (I try to place my bid with approximately 5 seconds remaining), before the bid period expires, and you become the highest bidder others will not have time to place another bid. eBay instructions for bidding is to place your maximum bid and sit back and see if you end up being the highest bidder, of course they want you to come back and place another bid if someone outbids you. My experience is that if I place an early bid, I invariably don't get the item, or pay more than I would have liked to pay for the item.
There are sniping sites, that for a fee, they will place sniping bids automatically. I am too cheap to use them, but they sure would be handy, so that I didn't have to remember to be online ready to place my bid at odd hours. Any other snipers out there, who are willing to admit it, and do you pay for a service to place your sniping bids?
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