Well, that's fine for the sellers. The problem with that strategy as a
buyer is that it gives other buyers a chance to start bidding against my
proxy, lose their heads and out bid me well before the auction closes.
If I then check before the close, it's way too easy to just toss in
another bid at the end. I overbid (based on value to me in retrospect)
on a few of items early in my 'Bay experience, nothing outrageous, but
still...... A snipe for the same amount as the proxy bid doesn't get
others bidding against my limit early. I think it has saved me money
many times, both though sometimes winning at a lower price and sometimes
keeping me from overbidding at the end.
Someone with a clearer head and more discipline might not need the
latter, but could still benefit from the former.
BTW, I might not be saying all this if I didn't already have prety much
all the Oly kit I want (and more than I need :-) ).
Moose
Andrew Gullen wrote:
I now deal with sniping the way eBay suggests: put in the amount that I
would be willing to bid up to and let proxy bidding take care of it. If no
else bids or snipes higher, I lose nothing. If a sniper comes in between the
current and max bid, he gets squelched. If he goes higher than my max price,
then fine, it's his.
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