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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;umtrr-author, post: 166341, member: 5719&quot;]I have found some of the sniping going on for model railroading items (not coins) to be amusing.&nbsp; The usual suspects bid up an item <b>far</b> beyond what I&#039;m willing to pay, and often compete with each other.&nbsp; Many of these items do wind up being listed on eBay stores for resale.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Example: My bid is $10</p><p>Someone comes in late for $20 (way over my maximum valuation)</p><p>Someone else tries to snipe for $50 </p><p>A third someone else out-snipes the first sniper for $51</p><p>It winds up in an eBay store for $75</p><p><br /></p><p>However: if the non-store owners weren&#039;t willing to bid up to the sale price to begin with, why would anyone think that they would pay the even higher price for it in an eBay store?&nbsp;&nbsp; Well, it&#039;s a free country.</p><p><br /></p><p>I just bid what I think it&#039;s worth, sometimes that&#039;s early and sometimes late, depending on when I see it.&nbsp; If I get it, I get it, if I don&#039;t, I don&#039;t.&nbsp;&nbsp; I don&#039;t spend a lot of time on eBay so I&#039;m sure I&#039;m not aware of many things I would be interested in.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><i>99.999 percent of the time, there will be another one.</i>&nbsp; I think that&#039;s an important thing to remember.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>For example: a fairly scarce book I wanted wound up in a snipe fest and went for over $50.&nbsp; The next time it came up, I was the only bidder and I got it for $8.&nbsp;&nbsp; I&#039;m really glad I didn&#039;t get the first one!</p><p><br /></p><p>All this assumes that the item and the seller have passed the &quot;sniff test&quot; which, as we all know, is another subject entirely...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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