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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Blaubart, post: 1724164, member: 37498&quot;]Yup.&nbsp; I think it&#039;s important to recognize that FeeBay is different than the traditional in-person &quot;Going once... Going twice...&quot; type of auction.&nbsp; In that sort of auction, people typically have a short amount of time to examine the item and do their research, and then a very short time to place bids.&nbsp; The typical auction on FeeBay is 7 days.&nbsp; Plenty of time to view the item, do your research, and place your bid (or set up your snipe).</p><p><br /></p><p>I used to buy on ubid because they seemed to have quite a few lot type auctions and I could get good deals.&nbsp; But I left when there got to be an increasing number of bidders who seemed to want to draw the auctions on forever.&nbsp; I&#039;d usually just place my max bid and check back after close.&nbsp; But when I&#039;d expect an auction to be finished at a certain time, it would sometimes drag on for several hours.&nbsp; It was usually one bidder waiting till the last minute to make an incrementally higher bid, then my automatic bid would outbid him, then he&#039;d wait again.&nbsp; One large auction went on through the entire night.&nbsp; I went to sleep at 10 or so and when I woke up, the auction still hadn&#039;t closed yet.&nbsp; (It did feel kinda rewarding that I got a good night&#039;s sleep and the guy bidding against me stayed up all night.)</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t really like sniping, because I feel it robs others of a chance to reconsider how much they&#039;re willing to pay, but if FeeBay is going to continue to allow obvious shill bidders to retract bids and not do anything about it, then sniping is one of the only tools we have to help cut down on shill bidding.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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