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Old 03-27-2013, 11:06 PM
doug.goodman doug.goodman is offline
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Originally Posted by travrosty View Post
There really is no such thing as sniping, if you put in the highest bid you are willing to pay the first day, you either win it or you don't. it doesn't matter if you wait until the final few seconds. someone is either willing to pay more for it with their highest bid or not regardless of when you bid.
That is absolutely not true.

In those rare occasions where I bid before the final few seconds, I have many examples where a previous bidder has upped their bid, after I bid, to either beat me, or cost me money. Had I bid later, they would not have had time to do so.
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