To Snipe or Not To Snipe on EBay

If you’re not an auction sniper, you’re probably really dislike sniping and would like to tar and feather the last guy that took a win away from you. But for me it’s the only way to go.

What is Sniping? It’s the process of bidding at the very last moment before an online auction ends. The sniper has only one shot to get the item and the sniper’s bid has to be high enough to be the winning one.

Sniping can be done manually, but it’s more efficient to use an online service that will bid automatically in the last few seconds of the auction.

For years I sniped manually, waiting until the last minute and then placing my high bid. But a few years changed to using an online service. It saves me a lot of grief when I really want something, I just decide my absolute maximum, enter that bid with a sniping service and forget about it.If it’s what I consider a really hot item, I’ll check it the final day and just see how close the bidding is to my maximum, perhaps deciding at that point if my maximum is really firm.

But most of the time, I stick with the initial bid.

Auction Sniping — Are You a Sniper?