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<p>[QUOTE="Kevinfred, post: 1831605, member: 26201"]On 100 auctions with $30 being my MAX bid, I absolutely will win more using a sniping program than entering that $30 bid, say, half way through the auction. I won't win bunches and bunches more because what you said does have merit (the highest wins regardless) but not 'showing your hand' throughout the auction DOES equate to more wins - esp. on auctions where only two people are interested. You're obviously correct about the buyer that bids his/her HIGHEST amount right outta the gate, but people are visual beings... they like to "see" where they are and "what" is the present highest bid... so they bid low and watch it ride. Ultimately they see they're winning and often DO NOT input their highest number. If the human element wasn't involved, you're totally right.. a sniper would be useless....[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Kevinfred, post: 1831605, member: 26201"]On 100 auctions with $30 being my MAX bid, I absolutely will win more using a sniping program than entering that $30 bid, say, half way through the auction. I won't win bunches and bunches more because what you said does have merit (the highest wins regardless) but not 'showing your hand' throughout the auction DOES equate to more wins - esp. on auctions where only two people are interested. You're obviously correct about the buyer that bids his/her HIGHEST amount right outta the gate, but people are visual beings... they like to "see" where they are and "what" is the present highest bid... so they bid low and watch it ride. Ultimately they see they're winning and often DO NOT input their highest number. If the human element wasn't involved, you're totally right.. a sniper would be useless....[/QUOTE]
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