Listserver Auction, was Re: Canon Cat

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. -- Eric Dittman dittman(a)dittman.net