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People complain about snipers because they only know if they lose the auction at the last minute. This means you have to wait until the auction finishes, befor
by imtringued 3y ago
People complain about snipers because they only know if they lose the auction at the last minute.
This means you have to wait until the auction finishes, before you can bid at another auction. Constantly failing auctions because of some hidden bidder means you are wasting your time. It is only worth bidding in the last 30 minutes.
- crazygringo 3y ago> This means you have to wait until the auction finishes, before you can bid at another auction... It is only worth bidding in the last 30 minutes. This is definitely true if there's more than one item listed, but it's still got nothing to do with sniping. It's just the fact that eBay auctions usually last for 7 days.
- cinntaile 3y agoThis is exactly why people need to put their actual max bid (as the parent explained) instead of trying to lowball, then the timing doesn't matter.
- mcphage 3y ago> people need to put their actual max bid People don't necessarily know their actual max bid.
- crazygringo 3y agoYes they do if they stop to think about it. It might take a minute or so of thought, though. Obviously that max bid can change over time, i.e. if they discover the same item cheaper elsewhere two days later, but at any given point in time people know their actual max bid.