Your right. Look at the bids on this 2001: a space odyssey postcard. If martinjurb had sniped, stranamore1964 would of put in a bid of 46.99 at 8:25:06 and would be the high bidder until martinjurb sniped and won for 47.99 instead of paying 97.99.
 
http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&item=9144560910




Michael B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
i have asked, rhetorically, before:  I DEFY ANYONE TO TELL ME A SINGLE ADVANTAGE IN BIDDING EARLY.
 
the only time that i have seen it work is when a well known bidder meets a high reserve early (where it implies, rightly or wrongly, there's a lot more available because this person REALLY wants it), where it acts as a deterrent from those seeking a "steal".  
 
(i was surprised to get an item 2 years ago when my snipe had already been placed for 760, the reserve was met at 400 4 days before the auction ended....and i got it for about 746.  the auction showed the 400 for 4 days,,,,til the very end with 2 other snipers besdes me.  it was THE BISHOP'S WIFE insert.)
 
all new ebayers are shocked by sniping, when they think that they "got" the item for a few days, until reality sets in during the
 
i, also, collect french enamelware on ebay.  check this link of 2 novices outbidding each other: 
 
wouldn't it have sold for less had there only been snipers?  i might have bid on this as a snipe, but................the true value of this item was lost in the bidding frenzy war.
 
 
 
 
 
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