Another big advantage of using a sniper is that you can cancel the snipe
bid. Can't easily do that with an oboy max bid.
Paul Braun wrote:
> Michael Wong wrote:
>> Chuck,
>> Why? What benefit will you get to bid on eBay by using esnipe?
>>
>
> It's psychology. It's a game of poker - never show your hand too early.
>
> If you put your max bid into the proxy system, you give the guys bidding
> against you time to bid, get outbid, and then think about whether or not
> they're just going to keep outbidding you just to irritate you.
>
> By not putting your max bid in until 10 seconds to go, the other bidders
> don't have time to re-think their max bid.
>
> Ultimately, they may be doing the same thing, and they may have a higher
> max bid right off the top. In that case, you lose simply because
> someone else outplayed you and was willing to spend more.
>
> It still boils down to who is willing to pay more, but by not bidding
> until the end you eliminate a variable. I use esnipe all the time.
>
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