Re: [photo-3d] eBay bidding

[Ron Beck <rbeck@xxxxxxxx>]

It seems to me from all the discussions so far, sniping provides you
with two "features" or advantages.  First, it keeps the initial bidding
down on an item until the last few minutes of an auction.  Second, you
can keep changing your bid to make it the highest and hope your
"competition" isn't paying attention to the bidding at the close of an
auction.

I believe that sniping works simply because the buyers get "auction
fever" and tend to go above what they set their original "limit" at.  I
don't snipe for that very reason.  I know that I'll get into a bidding
war for an item.  It's happened when I've bid on items that someone has
bid their limit.  I bid $10.00 on a VM projector and was instantly
outbid.  So, I changed my bid to $15.00 and, again, was instantly out
bid.  So, I changed my bid to $20.00 and became the high bidder (for a
time).  However, I didn't monitor the auction right up until close and
my projector went to someone else for $25.00.  Well, for a toy VM (mono)
projector, I didn't want to pay over $20.00.  I really didn't want to
pay over $10.00 but my "auction fever" took over.

Just my thoughts...
Ron

P.S. Last words on this topic for me...  I subscribe to the "whatever
works for you" theory for eBay bidding.