22 Feb
2006
22 Feb
'06
10:06 p.m.
Sniping is how I won a Grid Compass 1101 a few months ago. Someone else had
the same bid as me, but mine got in just "in the nick of time."
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Subject: Re: bogus auction for Altair system on eBay
Chuck Guzis wrote:
It might make the most sense in online auctions if ALL
bids were snipes.
Simply bid what you're willing to pay for the item and if it's more
than the reserve and higher than any other bid, you've won it by
whatever the bid increment is. That's the way I bid on all of my eBay
purchases. When I place my snipe bid, I say "I'd be willing to pay
this much for the item, after which either I'm not sufficiently
interested or I know where I can purchase the same thing cheaper".
There's no stress of seeing if anyone else has bid more than I. If I
want the item badly enough, I'll get it--no "auction fever".
I do get auction fever, really badly. Sniping is about the only way I
can reliably bid without spending money I don't have. If I make my bid in
the last 5 seconds and it's not enough, there's no way I can get in another
bid. That's a *good* thing.
Oddly enough, I'm a cold fish in realtime auctions. I just don't get
excited when I'm bidding in person.
Doc