e bay+snipes ......?

The question I'ma bit curious about at the moment......say theres something currently at about £15 , two days to run.......

......if you put a snipe in for £50, woud you pay the full 50 (this is assuming no one else had put in a further bid over the £15) ...or would you pay the next increment up from 15, so presumably £20?





D.

 

yeah, I've never used one - but I would assume it would win the auction with next increment up... i.e. the same way in which your maximum bid would work...

 

ta.

 

mr cat has it correct

 

cheers......

 

Is it just me or do we all hate snipers - some sellers might not , but even they never know whether the auction will sell at a reasonable price and should be called off before the end because the "snipiing system" understates active bids.
:gatling::gatling:
Regards

Alby

 

with the snipe on, are you always on the top of the auction as long as your max bid is higher, or it just acts in the last seconds of the action?

if the first is correct than it's also a tool to inflate a value of your item you put on sale.

 

It just acts in the the last seconds of an auction to outbid other bidders up to your maximum snipe. Until then it is invisible. Hence why I am not sure I approve - as if my approval counted for anything - two teenage daughters corrected that misapprehension.

Regards

Alby

 

I don't wholey disagree you with you, Albybut if you acn't beat them .......etc

 

.....as long as your bid is higher, yes.

its about not exposing your hand too soon.

when ever you choose....

....exept this would be blatant fraud.....

 

I see your point but then I've eseen the point in early bidding either....your just forcing up the £££ without acheiing anything...IMO of course

lol

 

I don't use a snipe (didn't know that they were called that), but I always manually bid in the closing seconds.

It has backfired in the past when the power tripped and I couldn't get back to the auction in time!

 

In fact I would be doing just that (bidding manually in the closing seconds) but my work shifts are coming round to w/es + nights (when most auctions are timed to end).....so needed another method.

I wiould prefer to do it manually though.

 

I've no problems with snipers. Still works the same as far as I see it. You enter a max bid (as do other bidders), and who ever is willing to pay most wins.

 

true enough.

 

In my experience items I have been selling have always reached the value I hoped for even when snipes were clearly in operation.

Remember if your item is interesting and there area number of bidders, them bidders are going to put the highest price in they are willing to pay. The highest will win, end of.

I also use sniping a lot, but just as if I were doing the bids myself, if I undervalue the bid then I won't win the item, simple.

Because of the amount of people using sniping now, its kind of worked aginst itself. I notice ebay follows a very specific routine.

First 2 days some activity bidding upto around half what you want for the item.

Nothing until the last day

Through that day bids upto exactly what you want for the item.