RE: [Harp-L] Sniping on Ebay

["adams, john" <adams_john@xxxxxxx>]

Sniping is not cheating.  If you wanted to bid higher, then do so.  I don't
use sniping programs, but frequently wait until the last seconds to bid.
This helps me win auctions from folks like you who would bid higher if
outbid, but do not initially.  Part of this is the emotional response to
being outbid.  

I wish eBay would do what I've seen other auction sites do, extend the
auction longer if it is still receiving bids.  This would eliminate all this
sniping junk.

John 

-----Original Message-----
From: harp-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:harp-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Smith, Richard
Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 9:51 AM
To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [Harp-L] Sniping on Ebay

No disrespect intended, M, but - - - 
I think some people have the necessary temperment to use
E-Bay effectively, and some people just don't.  Anyone who
uses it regularly, understands that you never bid early in 
the bidding periodl, as this does nothing but inflate the
price unnecessarily.  You make up your mind what the maximum
is that you would pay for the item, then when there is about
1 minute left before the bid expires, you enter your bid.  
If someone else wins it, then it is because they were 
willing to pay more than you.  I don't use any kind of 
sniping program (in fact I've never heard of them until now),
and yet my wife and I are very susccessful at getting what 
we want on E-Bay.  Admittedly, if a bid expires in the middle
of a work day, it can be a problem, but mostly it is just all
about the strategy.

Richard J. Smith
Wormleysburg, PA

-----Original Message-----
From: harp-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:harp-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On
Behalf Of M. Erickson
Sent: Saturday, May 07, 2005 7:10 PM
To: 'Chris Bates'; harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [Harp-L] Sniping on Ebay


E-Bay should make bidders aware of sniping programs. It should be in big
bold print. Otherwise, the whole bid process is fraudlent. I only found
out about snipe programs by watching items myteriously bid out from under
me, and then doing a google search and finding a whole array of e-bay
cheat programs. It's BS, and E-bay has a resonsiblity to let it's
customers know. I've wasted a lot of time on e-bay thinking I was engaged
in an honest, open auction.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: harp-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:harp-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chris Bates
> Sent: Saturday, May 07, 2005 4:32 PM
> To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [Harp-L] Sniping on Ebay
> 
> 
> Sniping can cause disapointment, but it actually seems
> to lower prices. What I found before sniping became
> more popular, was people bidding items up beyond store
> prices. People got excited and end up spending $50 on
> a used Hohner marine band.
> The reason prices are going up in general is there are
> too many people on ebay. And sellers think anything
> "Vintage" is a  collectable.
> Figure out the max you want to spend and bid it. Last
> minute or "sniping" bids are the best way to avoid
> high prices. Like not showing your cards in poker.
> 
> That is my 2 cents anyway.
> 
> Chris
> 
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