> Besides, it's a *real* auction; not the sniper-ridden travesties
> that regularly occour on E-PAy. I'm still smarting from the first
> time I got sniped (and that was over two years ago).
I've been sniped a couple of times, but if the sniper doesn't
put in their maximum bid I notice they usually run out of time
to place a higher bid. If they want to snipe with a maximum
bid that is higher than than my maximum bid, then I don't care,
since I'm not going to pay more than what I placed anyway.
I did play with a sniper once. This guy sniped me about three
times before, so this time I didn't place my maximum bid. I
instead placed a bid about $20 less than my maximum. Sure
enough, the guy tried to snipe me. He failed this time as I
had a window opened with a new bid of my maximum. I had one
window that I refreshed, waiting until the five second mark.
At that time I switched to the other window and confirmed my
maximum bid. This left the sniper with no time to snipe
again.
So two lessons on eBay:
1) Bid your maximum, and don't worry if you get sniped
by someone willing to pay more. You weren't going
to pay more if you weren't sniped, so why pay more
anyway? If you are just feeling the waters, bid
less until the last day, then bid your maximum.
2) If you don't want to bid your maximum, but want to
protect yourself from snipers, snipe the sniper.
You're not a sniper since you've been bidding on
the auction the whole time.
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Eric Dittman
dittman_at_dittman.net
Received on Wed May 23 2001 - 14:34:20 BST