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<p>[QUOTE="Randy Abercrombie, post: 3043282, member: 92655"]Maybe I am missing the boat here. I don't do a great deal of trading on EBay. This would be a typical scenario for me;</p><ul> <li>I see a piece that I am willing to pay $110.00 for and the bid is open for six days. I enter $110.00 and go on about my business.</li> <li>Next bidder enters $25.00. The site then says he is outbid at maybe $27.00.</li> <li>So the next guy enters thirty bucks and the site says he is outbid by maybe $32.00.</li> <li>And so this goes on up until the point that my $110.00 bid is exceeded.</li> </ul><p>If somebody buys the piece for $120.00 then that is fine with me as I have already determined in my mind the value to me was a maximum of $110.00..... In fact two weeks ago I won a very choice Barber quarter that to me was worth $120.00 which was the figure I entered. I won the piece for $80.00 as I recall......... I don't see how sniping can actually occur unless the other bidders truly know what my max price is. What am I missing?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Randy Abercrombie, post: 3043282, member: 92655"]Maybe I am missing the boat here. I don't do a great deal of trading on EBay. This would be a typical scenario for me; [LIST] [*]I see a piece that I am willing to pay $110.00 for and the bid is open for six days. I enter $110.00 and go on about my business. [*]Next bidder enters $25.00. The site then says he is outbid at maybe $27.00. [*]So the next guy enters thirty bucks and the site says he is outbid by maybe $32.00. [*]And so this goes on up until the point that my $110.00 bid is exceeded. [/LIST] If somebody buys the piece for $120.00 then that is fine with me as I have already determined in my mind the value to me was a maximum of $110.00..... In fact two weeks ago I won a very choice Barber quarter that to me was worth $120.00 which was the figure I entered. I won the piece for $80.00 as I recall......... I don't see how sniping can actually occur unless the other bidders truly know what my max price is. What am I missing?[/QUOTE]
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