P3D Re: eBay bidding

[michaelk@xxxxxxxxxxx (Michael Kersenbrock)]

> >> Personally, I don't always have the time to "sit" on an auction until
> >> the last second.  So, I always hope my high bid is higher than a
> >> sniper's.  Still, there's some good tips on this FAQ.
> >
> >If the other guy is willing to bid higher, then he'll win sniping
> >or not.  :-(
> 
> True but at least you get the CHANCE to bid! With sniping you don't!

Not true at all.  In most ebay auctions one has a full week to ponder
one's bid and to bid it.  If you're not familiar with their mechanism,
you bid the most you're willing to bid, and ebay automatically bids 
the least amount of your bid (really a "max bid") needed to win.  So
if a sniper bids higher than your bid, it's only because (s)he bid
higher than you were willing to bid anyway.  If your bid is higher
than the sniper's then ebay will re-bid almost *instantaneously* in
your behalf!!!  You're faster than a sniper if you actually put in
a max-bid higher than the sniper's!

In a live auction, the "going going gone" period is the only time
allowed between somebody else's last bid (which could be their ONLY
bid as well) and your chance to think about it.  Usually a matter
of seconds at most auctions that I've been at -- they usually are 
trying to move things along quickly.  And there you don't have ebay
around to do it by proxy, you have to be there at that time and in
person!

Mike K.


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