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Message:: [QUOTE="kanga, post: 1236485, member: 9270"]Let's try this once more. I bid my maximum early."Maximum" means I am not going any higher."Early" means sometime before the last hour, generally much earlier. Bidding my max means that I cannot be sniped.Sniping means placing a last second bid in order to prevent others from outbidding you.Being sniped implies that I intended to bid higher if necessary.But bidding my max means that I have no intention of bidding higher.Therefore it doesn't matter when a higher bid than mine is made:-- an earlier bid that was higher than mine.-- a higher bid made after mine, doesn't matter whether it's hours or seconds before the item closes.I have NOT been prevented from bidding higher since I had no intention to in the first place. But, of course I can be outbid.But that can happen at ANY time. And no matter when the bid is made that beats me, IMO that person paid too much.Since I started several days earlier I've had time to consider my bid within the best of my abilities. As for the "drawing attention" factor.I would love to think that a bid by me caused others to become interested who would otherwise have passed on an item.I guarantee that someone would be giving me a LOT more credit than I'm due.Of course with the x***x bidders' ID's now no one would know who's doing the bidding (except the seller).And if you base your interest on the fact that someone else is bidding on an item you are letting them do the thinking for you.Considering the number of items that are ridiculously overbid you would in real danger of overpaying. BOTTOM LINE:Some people snipe.Some don't.[/QUOTE]

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