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Posted By: David Vargha

My experience is exactly the opposite of Jay's. As a seller, many of my auctions double or triple in the last minute. Now granted, there are some that close at the standing bid with one day to go, but that is the exception rather than the rule.

As a bidder, I only wish that sniping played little or no part. Many times I have placed snipes that increased bids by hundreds of dollars compared to the high bid with 30 seconds left only to get creamed by other snipers, not even have my snipe register (for being too low) or win the lot at a substantially higher price than what was showing (primarily due to other snipes).

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