Thread: I HATE bid snipping.

Does anyone else hate bid snipping?

I've lost about 5 good auctions because I was snipped at the last 2 seconds.

Me too, the answer: Go to live auctions.

yes, but, if you do not win because you determined it to be worth less than was paid, you still win They didn't get a deal on anything, and you may pay less next time the opportunity arises. Patience... hang in there!

I don't understand how anyone can be upset with snipe bids.
Bid the most you would pay for the item. If you lose to a snipe bid, then you should be happy you didn't bid higher and overpay. Simple.

Originally Posted by Detecto

Does anyone else hate bid snipping?

I've lost about 5 good auctions because I was snipped at the last 2 seconds.

If you are disappointed about losing an auction at the sale price then you should have bid more. It's not the timing of the bid that matters, its the amount. Whoever bids the most wins, it's just as fair as any other auction structure.

I don't get mad about losing auctions, I just get mad when I have to pay more.

Originally Posted by Detecto

Does anyone else hate bid snipping?

No. I like to snipe. Get with the program, Detecto. You didn't lose because someone sniped, you lost because you didn't bid high enough.

It always reminds me of when I was kid in boy scouts.
We would always go "snipe hunting". Never caught one though. Still looking.

I snipe bid. Aaallllll the time. I have it down to an art. I win most auctions I bid on and when I don't, I console myself with the fact that the high bidder had to pay a few bucks more.

Snipers don't bother me. I'll pay $X for an item. Really doesn't matter to me WHEN the guy bid $X.01...he bid more than I did, he wins. Simple.

Admittedly, I don't GET snipers...never have, despite dozens of people trying to "explain" it to me. But hey, I don't have to get them...they're bidding with their money, not mine. If it pleases them to win the auction at the last second, more power to them.

Originally Posted by gboulton

Snipers don't bother me. I'll pay $X for an item. Really doesn't matter to me WHEN the guy bid $X.01...he bid more than I did, he wins. Simple.

Admittedly, I don't GET snipers...never have, despite dozens of people trying to "explain" it to me. But hey, I don't have to get them...they're bidding with their money, not mine. If it pleases them to win the auction at the last second, more power to them.

I think the actual purpose of sniping is to not allow any non-snipe bidders to increase there max bid when they get out-bid. I don't use a sniping program, but a lot of times I do wait till the final seconds to put my bid in. Especially if there is a large watch count on the item.

Originally Posted by Detecto

Does anyone else hate bid snipping?

I've lost about 5 good auctions because I was snipped at the last 2 seconds.

As others have said, how can you possibly be upset at something that is your own fault? The highest bid wins. If you don't bid the highest, you don't win. It's pretty simple really. Ebay moved out of Kansas a long time ago.

Admittedly, I don't GET snipers...never have, despite dozens of people trying to "explain" it to me.

I snipe (I really prefer "last-second bidding" :P) because:

-I'm impatient. Too impatient to bid on something then wait several days or even hours to see if I've won. Silly, yeah, but it's just me. I only look at BIN's and the auctions that are ending soonest. If I see something really cool, I might watch it longer, but only if it has less than two hours left.

-Bidding earlier gives others the chance to up their bid over mine, thus reducing my chances of winning or increasing my chances of paying more, even if those chances are only in my head.

-I'm IMPATIENT, dangit. I blame ADD.

I don't know if others' explanations have been the same, but those are my reasons. XD

On an unrelated note, if it makes anyone feel better, sniping does make bidding difficult at times...like when eBay decides to log me out for no reason and I lose the item because of the time it took to log myself back in. >_> I've lost a few items like that. Go on, laugh. Yes, I mad, bro.

Snipe yourself and don't worry about auctions until you are notified you have won.

Originally Posted by gboulton

Admittedly, I don't GET snipers...never have, despite dozens of people trying to "explain" it to me. But hey, I don't have to get them...they're bidding with their money, not mine. If it pleases them to win the auction at the last second, more power to them.

I also wait until the last second when I can. I do it because the standing price on an item can potentially influence other peoples bids (they decide to bid more if the price is already high).

Another reason that I do it is because I don't want to give sellers the opportunity to intentionally max out my bid. Bids have to be made at a minimum increment. They can keep placing minimum bids until your bid stops increasing by whole increments, at which point they know that they've maxed you out.