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Message:: [QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 1383893, member: 27832"]I understand your point, but do you see that it doesn't matter whether you can get in with five seconds to spare or five milliseconds to spare? Either way, there isn't enough time for a human to react to your bid -- and sniping programs DON'T react to your bid, EVER. They just place the bid that you arranged in advance. In fact, if your bid is the same as another sniper's, it's to your disadvantage to snipe later, because his earlier bid will take precedence over yours! I'm just fundamentally baffled by the "faster than humanly possible" angle of this discussion. It's simply not the critical factor. Both humans and machines are more than fast enough. For multiple auctions ending at once, auctions ending in the middle of the night, in the middle of your shift, in the middle of your commute -- automation/scheduling is clearly superior. Even if you're sitting right there, you might get distracted, or your network connection might hiccup, and most sniping services are more reliable than that. So there's definitely a place for them, and I use one myself.[/QUOTE]