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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;coinup, post: 1380148, member: 23176&quot;]<b>Auction sniping</b> is the practice, in a timed online <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auction" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auction" rel="nofollow">auction</a> (such as on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EBay" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EBay" rel="nofollow">eBay</a>), of placing a winning <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bid" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bid" rel="nofollow">bid</a>&nbsp; at the last possible moment (often seconds before the end of the&nbsp; auction), giving the other bidders no time to outbid the sniper. This&nbsp; can be done manually, or by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software" rel="nofollow">software</a>. The software can run on the bidder&#039;s computer or on an online sniping service accessible through a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Website" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Website" rel="nofollow">website</a>.&nbsp; Use of an online service is said to decrease the failure rate of the&nbsp; snipe, because the website has more reliable servers and a faster&nbsp; Internet connection with a less variable delay in sending data&nbsp; (latency), thus enabling the bid to be placed closer to the deadline,&nbsp; even arriving within the last second.</p><p>&nbsp;A <b>bid sniper</b> is a person who, or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_agent" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_agent" rel="nofollow">software agent</a> which performs auction sniping.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auction_sniping" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auction_sniping" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auction_sniping</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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