In a message dated 2/6/2007 3:38:02 A.M. Central Standard Time,
swisspace@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
If you really want the item then you should always bid the maximum you
are willing to pay and then the snipe doesn't matter.
That is true regardless of your use of a snipe bid or not. If you snipe,
which I do on a regular basis, you eliminate your bid from precipitating the
run up of the bidding, either by you or by others. It takes the passion out
of
the bid equation and turns it into a business decision, which is (IMHO)
where it should be.
As a seller, which I also am, sniping creates a big vacuum (read that as
sucks). To compensate somewhat for that, I generally put a "Buy It Now" price
on my items to encourage those who really want of need an items to go ahead
and end the auction and get the item they want/need. <[8^) Bill Barber
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