Michael Wong wrote:
> Chuck,
> Why? What benefit will you get to bid on eBay by using esnipe?
>
It's psychology. It's a game of poker - never show your hand too early.
If you put your max bid into the proxy system, you give the guys bidding
against you time to bid, get outbid, and then think about whether or not
they're just going to keep outbidding you just to irritate you.
By not putting your max bid in until 10 seconds to go, the other bidders
don't have time to re-think their max bid.
Ultimately, they may be doing the same thing, and they may have a higher
max bid right off the top. In that case, you lose simply because
someone else outplayed you and was willing to spend more.
It still boils down to who is willing to pay more, but by not bidding
until the end you eliminate a variable. I use esnipe all the time.
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