Has eBay disabled sniping??

[globalstud]

Originally posted by: McPhreak
I think Ebay should do what Yahoo! does and that is continually extending the auction by 5 minutes whenever someone bids at the last minute.

That definitely sounds better and fair.

 

[McPhreak]

Originally posted by: GtPrOjEcTX
yahoo does that too? I thought that was just ubid.

I don't know about now, but way back when I used to bid on Yahoo! auctions, they did. I've stopped since then because although fair auctions is a good thing, I don't believe in them.

 

[Triumph]

Originally posted by: Rob9874

Originally posted by: madthumbs
Why is the last minute so important? I generally only bid on things that are ending the day I'm checking, so I don't go for days wondering if I'm getting something or not. I may bid on something at the last minute, but why wait til the last minute?

Because in the small chance that you and only one other person want this item, they are the only one who will raise your bid after you place it. So the idea is to let them put their amount on it, then outbid them before they have a chance to become high bidder again. Very ruthless, I know, but why pay more out of pocket just to give another eBayer a fair chance? If you place a bid with even 30 minutes to go, they will more than likely try and outbid you. Or at least raise your high bid. My whole purpose for eBay is to buy things as cheaply as possible. If the other person doesn't want to be sniped, they should have placed a higher proxy bid.

In my experience, ebay isn't the place to find cheap deals (although they can be had, occasionally). It's a place to buy things that can't be bought elsewhere, and it's a place to sell things without having to lose money by selling to a dealer (cars, collectibles, music instruments, etc). Most of the time it seems that when someone sells something new or common (a Geforce, for example), it just gets bidded right up to the market value. Ahh, the principles of economics at work!

 

[badluck]

IF you don't like sniping, place your highest bid when bidding. If you don't win, you should have bid more. Problem solved.....

 

[Aves]

Originally posted by: badluck
IF you don't like sniping, place your highest bid when bidding. If you don't win, you should have bid more. Problem solved.....

Agreed.

 

[StattlichPassat]

I prefer to bid high @ item value early in the auction and piss off everyone else who tries to bid on the item and loses.