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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1724206, member: 112&quot;]Personally I&#039;ve always hated the sniping programs, for several reasons. But then I can remember when they didn&#039;t exist, if it was up to me I&#039;d outlaw them. For one thing to me it feels like cheating, for another it often drives prices to ridiculous levels - and in that regard they have played a part in making realized prices on ebay being worthless, as compared to the real world.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for sniping programs being a tool to help combat shill bidding - can&#039;t see it. If anything they help the shill bidders. With a sniping program you as the user get to set the time your bid goes in. Snipers all try to get it as close to the end as possible of course. But all the shill has to do is set his time to be 5 seconds, 3 seconds, even 2 seconds before expiration. And that forces those last bids to beat him - thus unfairly driving the prices up for the snipers.</p><p><br /></p><p>&#039;Course most snipers don&#039;t think of that, but you can bet the shills do <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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