21 Feb
2011
21 Feb
'11
5:58 a.m.
On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 10:12 AM, Phill Harvey-Smith
<afra at aurigae.demon.co.uk> wrote:
Exactly. As a seller, I am pissed off by snipers.
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Chris M wrote:
What he said.
I've used it, shame-facedly, but it's dishonest and it is an attempt
to game the auction system. If I were running eBay or the like, I'd
ban it and take measures to block it, such as blocking bidder accounts
--- On Fri, 2/18/11, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:
Humm I think I'm going to disagree with you there, cirtainly about the 'from
concealment' part. The way I see it, you are being sneaky by not revealing
your interest in an item until it's too late for the other party to do
anything about it. That is why people get pissed off with snipers. Someone
will place a bid on an item, will have the high bid for most of the
auction's run and then in the last ten seconds someone comes and snatches it
out of their hands. Auctions, nothing. *Sniping,* on the other hand,
and generally shooting
to kill in a cowardly fashion from concealment - AIUI,
she's all about that. ;?)
*Sniping* on eBay has nothing to do w/shooting (or killing) from
concealment. It's simply a term. If the person that got beat out
didn't bid high enough, that's their problem. I once bid the exact
amount someone else did on an item, seconds before it ended, but they
were a second or two earlier. Life goes on. from bidding in the last minute by a random time
increment, so you
/have/ to place a realistic max bid earlier and hope.
Sniping subverts how auctions work.
While it's possible, very occasionally, I do it. Only if I am
desperate for something and have reason to suspect it will go for more
than I can afford.
If I can afford a fair asking price, I bid it, manually.
It's
playing the game. If you were the SELLER and someone sniped your
item, you'd be happy.
Humm seems to me if you are the seller you'd be hapyest with whatever got
you the best price for the item you where selling, and as evryone seemed to
previously agree *NOT* sniping drives the price up.