Hi Simon:
I felt a bit 'off' about sniping at first, but after losing about 5 of my
first 6 auction attempts, a photog from Providence tuned me in to esnipe
where my success ratio turned around to 80%. You avoid the egoistic
overbidding and the idiots who make 18 bids, running up your price.
Gord
---- Original Message -----
From: "Simon Worby" <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Yes, I always snipe (www.auctionstealer.co.uk).
>
> Basically it turns eBay into a strange sort of sealed bid auction (strange
> because you don't necessarily pay your "maximum" price if you win the
> action, whereas you would in a true sealed bid system).
>
> It stinks, but so does eBay generally, and it's as a direct result of
> eBay's systems that this habit of "sniping" has developed. I don't like
> doing it, but basically it's the only way.
>
> Unfortunately, if you don't snipe you put yourself at a huge disadvantage.
>
> Regards,
>
> Simon
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