Post #42834 by suffering bastard on Sun, Jul 13, 2003 4:19 PM

Mike, "Sniping" is the practice of waiting until the last seconds of an auction to place your bid, usually a high one. The idea is that when the time runs out, it is too late for anyone else to outbid you. I personally don't have a problem with it (unless someone is using that "sniper software program" and not actually watching the auction and doing the "work" of sniping themselves---just my opinion). My reasoning is, if someone who was shut out of the bidding was willing to bid higher, they should have bid high upfront in the first place. I can see where this is frustrating for the seller, though, but e-bay is heavily weighted to the seller's advantage anyway, and sniping is one of the few advantages a buyer has in the game. I will snipe from time to time, although if I know another TC'er is bidding, I'll often do it with a few minutes left in the auction rather than just a few seconds----that way if they really want the item and are being vigilant, they still have a chance. I know alot of you hate sniping----just my two cents.

[ Edited by: suffering bastard on 2003-07-13 16:21 ]