[78-L] Sniping

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For me, rarely is there an item where "price is no option." This makes bidding much easier. I just decide what the most I would pay for the record is, and bid it, anytime during the item's run. If I get sniped, so what? Someone else was willing to pay more than I was. That's all. Don't get caught up in trying to beat a last-second sniper. It only means you will be overpaying. And because of the new anonymous bidder feature, where you never know who is bidding against you, this removes the "nyah-nyah-nyah" factor. 

Cary Ginell


-----Original Message-----
From: Ken Matheson <kenmath at yahoo.com>
To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
Sent: Sat, 16 May 2009 8:57 am
Subject: [78-L] Sniping



??? Sniping does not affect me when I bid on Evay. Bidding on an item and having 
someone keep raising you is the reason people snipe. An item will not have any 
bids until I bid, then it is bid, bid, bid. The bad part of sniping is, if you 
do it correctly, you have only one chance. The computer clock is not good enough 
for sniping, it takes high speed internet, and a GPS, or atomic clock. My bad 
memory causes me to lose out on many items I would like to have. I have to set 
up an alarm clock to remind me to bid. It does no good to have an auto bidding 
service if you are to cheap to bid a reasonable amount on a hot item. Although 
days before hand, I have bid an unreasonable low amount on items I did not care 
if I bought or not, and won. 


      
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