I don't want to get into a debate on the evilness or niceness of sniping but it's substantially different from a last minute bid at Christies. At a "real" auction, the bidding continues until people stop bidding. On eBay, it stops a particular moment in time. If I time my bid closer to the last moment than you, I win, as long as my bid is higher than yours.
The arguement persists that one should make their maximum bid and not worry about it but that simply isn't human nature. If it was, there wouldn't be an on-going cry from people who curse snipers for existing. Craig. At 11:40 AM 2/17/06 +1100, JOHN REID Vintage Movie Memorabilia wrote: >I have no problem with snipers on my auctions and I use www.esnipe.com when I bid on anything. Apart from hiding my intended bid from others, it also allows me to place a bid and forget about it. I can still bid even if the auction might end at 2am when, hopefully, I am asleep. I think the word "sniping" brings up bad connotations. In reality it is simply a bid close to the end of the auction, not really any different from someone waiting until the very last second at a Christies or Heritage auction to place a bid. >Regards >John > > >JOHN REID VINTAGE MOVIE MEMORABILIA >PO Box 92 >Palm Beach >Qld 4221 >Australia > >Website: www.moviemem.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 8:07 AM > Subject: [MOPO] Sniping question > > I know this topic has been brought up before, but anyone care to share thier favorite sniping programs with us? I know those who are successful with them may be hesitant to share, but any input would be appreciated. Thank You, Evan B. > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > >Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > >The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > >Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com >___________________________________________________________________ >How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List >Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L >The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Craig Miller Wolfmill Entertainment [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
