Freakin' snipers

[MoonDawg]

        If it was within my area and I didn't know Jim was bidding on it, I would have sniped it too! 

[Slapshot42]

Damn...thought you would of landed that one.  I thought it was a good buy when I sent the link.

There will be others...

Jared

[globalcompressors]

auction snipers... at an auction.... and you lost, the auction?
rules about bidding, at an auction? what other "rules" are there, other
than "high bid" gets it... at the AUCTION?

how dare they..... really? HAHAHHAHAHAHAHA  

[aspbear]

I don't like snipe bidding also and have lost some items to it but extended the bid would open the door for shill bidders.   

I go to auctions one to two times a week and have come very aware of some auctions companies shill bidders,  I have seen them run the price up on unsuspecting bidder and have called a few out for doing this type of stuff.

I just get there early look the items over and decide a maximum bid and watch for shill bidders they are easy to pick out.

Online auctions like ebay has become a battle of the last few seconds,  I bid what I will pay for an item days before the auction ends and although I do get beat in the last few seconds I also have won many items for less than my high bid. 

Bottom line any auction should be open to the person actually wanting the item who is willing to pay the most, this stuff has become so popular that the only good deal is one where you are satisfied that you got the item for a price that you were willing to pay....

[MoonDawg]

        If it was within my area and I didn't know Jim was bidding on it, I would have sniped it too! 

        I did not bid this auction but let's say I did.

        1.  Item of interest to me appears on E-bay, I add it to my watch list.
        2.  Bidder #1 places a bid early in the auction.
        3.  Bidder #1 increases his bid the day before auction ends.
        4.  I get a watch notice from E-bay a few hours before ending time, I check bid history.
        5.  I DO NOT bid yet, bidder #1 is comfortable and if I enter my max now, he gets an e mail that he has been outbid.

              http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&_trksid=p2047675.l2565&rt=nc&item=291007452316

[TheGarbageHunter]

I love that picture!

[Larry]

If it's something I really want, I snipe.  If it's something I like but it doesn't really matter if I win it or not, I bid.

Sniping gets rid of shill bids and it does not give the other person a chance to think about the fact that he was outbid and then after a few minutes, hours, or days decide that they really want it and increase their bids.  So sniping saves you money.  Sniping is your friend!!

The pleasures of sniping for me would be the satisfaction of beating someone out at the last second.  Yep, that is a good feeling to win the race.

If I loose, well then at least I jacked it up and that person paid more.  

It goes both ways though.  I remember bidding on something and there were three or more of us snipers and I won, but boy did we all jack up the price to the point of almost having buyers remorse.  But at least I won and that person can say well at least I made that other person (me) spend some serious cash.  

[cohammer]

That's not as bad as the last auction I was at , the auctioneer started fantom bidding and it took me a couple of items to figure it out . Some time that guy in the back was not there . When that stopped working he would stop and beg for bids , needless to say I will not go back there.

[johnieG]

yeah it $ucks...

[Smallblock]

I agree with Larry.

If i want something i must decide and place my maxbid before the ebay-auction ending.
Sniping it's a tactic that makes competitors feel safe and not ponder about how much they are willing to pay.

I don't really know if it are so big difference between snipers and people who waiting to the end to increase the maxbid if someone else do?

On the swedish (ebay owned) Tradera I have loose two beautiful shell gaspumpglobes in the last two weeks and i think i have them untill the last minutes
But i have already increase my max bid a few$ (or swedish crowns) obove my pain limit.

Oneday the snipers are on a vacation