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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1446053, member: 26302"]I agree with those who say prices would actually decrease if Ebay did this. I know that I would be a part of it. I am not interested in hanging around the computer bidding. I snipe. If you tell me that I cannot snipe an auction anymore, (either by banning sniping or having auction extensions), then I simply stop bidding. End of story. I would find other places to buy coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>The reason I snipe is that I don't want to get dragged into a bidding war. I wish to place a bid I am comfortable with, and either win it or not. I know myself and know I would try to justify "just one more bid". For the same reason I leave bids with the auctioneer most of the time for a live auction, and simply bid near the end of CNG auctions and not look until its over. </p><p><br /></p><p>Again, if Ebay did either of these things, I may bid every once in a while but my bidding would go down tremendously. This will have to have an affect on prices if others like me followed suit.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1446053, member: 26302"]I agree with those who say prices would actually decrease if Ebay did this. I know that I would be a part of it. I am not interested in hanging around the computer bidding. I snipe. If you tell me that I cannot snipe an auction anymore, (either by banning sniping or having auction extensions), then I simply stop bidding. End of story. I would find other places to buy coins. The reason I snipe is that I don't want to get dragged into a bidding war. I wish to place a bid I am comfortable with, and either win it or not. I know myself and know I would try to justify "just one more bid". For the same reason I leave bids with the auctioneer most of the time for a live auction, and simply bid near the end of CNG auctions and not look until its over. Again, if Ebay did either of these things, I may bid every once in a while but my bidding would go down tremendously. This will have to have an affect on prices if others like me followed suit.[/QUOTE]
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