I reckon it's kind of poor form to snipe. I know it's the logical thing to do. I just figure that auctions are supposed to deliver the highest price someone would be willing to pay. The person selling has to pay a bunch of fees, and send the ****er, and list it -- I figure they deserve to get a reasonable price on it.
(Though sometimes I check My eBay and see that an auction is finishing soon. Then I get my snipe on. But I feel a little bit dirty for it, haha).
Yeah, I really think eBay needs to do something about bid sniping. It's bad for buyers, and it's bad for sellers. The extra two minute rule seems like a very good idea. Or maybe restricting bids in the last ten minutes to people who've bid previously. Or maybe closing the auction at a random time within the last 20 minutes, so people are forced to bid before the 20 minutes, not knowing exactly when the auction will end.I know what u mean, but I feel like to make the most of my $ I have to bid in the last minute.
What would stop that would be...... if a bid was placed in the last 2 minutes then the 2 minutes restart...this happens on a huge auction site in New Zealand called trademe - every time someone bids in the last 2 minutes,the clocks resets back to 2 minutes....it leads to items getting fairer prices
Yeah, I really think eBay needs to do something about bid sniping. It's bad for buyers, and it's bad for sellers. The extra two minute rule seems like a very good idea. Or maybe restricting bids in the last ten minutes to people who've bid previously. Or maybe closing the auction at a random time within the last 20 minutes, so people are forced to bid before the 20 minutes, not knowing exactly when the auction will end.
I don't know why eBay don't do something about it. It's retarded.
It depends on the item, but I tend to bid early because I like to "control" the auction.
I know what u mean, but I feel like to make the most of my $ I have to bid in the last minute.
What would stop that would be...... if a bid was placed in the last 2 minutes then the 2 minutes restart...this happens on a huge auction site in New Zealand called trademe - every time someone bids in the last 2 minutes,the clocks resets back to 2 minutes....it leads to items getting fairer prices
Well, I don't. I bid as much as I'm willing to pay. If they want to get to that total with shill-bidding, I don't care much.That said, it's a buyers right to go for a bargain. Why give all the power to the seller? Shill bidding is all they need, it happens, and most of them that do it smartly get away with it. So why give them more power?
How interesting - does this work??
Sometimes it can help you win some of those auctions that tend to slip through to the keeper....it is a bit like the Doc said earlier...it can work to your advantage by scaring some people away...but if people want it badly enough there is no way you can control the auction.
Fair enough, but if there's gonna be 3 or 4 keen bidders anyway -all it's gonna do is force the price up. I wouldn't have thought this would work unless u constantly 'bossed' auctions and scared people away because they know u have $ to burn...
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