But if you were willing to pay more than $200 if there was a bit higher, then you should put that higher bid into the snipe program. If you put the truly highest price you're willing to pay into the program you'll never lose on an item you were willing to pay more for.
On Mon, 15 Feb 2010 14:25:53 -0500 "s.l. rexrode" <[email protected]> writes: > > Sniping is common practice because I feel eBay has set things up > this way. Years ago, I suggestedto eBay that they conduct their > auctions more like real life auctions. This could easily be done if > eBay wouldextend an auction 5 minutes if any bid came in during the > last 5 minutes of an auction (or "x" number of minutes).This would > simulate real auctions by the common practice of the > "going...going....gone" method of selling.Bidders could still bid up > to their maximum and I feel the seller would get the best price this > way. Perhaps if eBayinstituted this method of selling, most of the > bids would come in at the end, but then again many eBay auctionssee > a flurry of activity at the end. If I bid, say $200 (whether on > eBay or a live auction) and the next bidder came in at $201, chances > are I would consider bidding $202 (or higher) depending upon how bad > I wanted that item. Attimes, it would be nice to have a second (or > third) chance at something.....on eBay that is. > Lee > Rexrode ____________________________________________________________ Banking Click here to find the perfect banking opportunity! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/c?cp=9qVuGy7Ys6TF3HHSXY5ETgAAJ1D2EGWQJgc2Zfu3rGBZpu80AAYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAXeAAAAAA= _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
