What is a Snipe?

[rainier2004]

I guess I thought it was someone who usually doesnt bid until the last second but i guess im wrong, so what exactly is this snipe character?

[Matt]

A snipe is a bid placed right before the end of an auction. There are services out there that will do this for you, or you can do it manually.

[rainier2004]

so how do people either "use a couple of snipes" or "set a couple of snipes"? Is this just 2 of ya bidding at the last second?

[Matt]

"set a couple of snipes" would refer to using a service, such as GavelSnipe where you setup the bid in advance and the system executes it for you.

[rainier2004]

well no sh!t......thanks for clearing that up.

[Jaybird]

"set a couple" I would take to mean that there were a few auctions the person was looking at and they placed one snipe on each of those auctions. So, one snipe per auction. Wouldn't really make sense to do multiple snipes of the same auction. At least I can't think of a reason to do this.

[HercDriver]

Even Frasier got hooked on snipes (you'll have to hunt for the whole episode):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piFAIsjRawI

Take Care,
Geno

[Tim206]

When I was in cub scouts the older kids made us hunt snipes when we went to camp.We never found any.I always wondered what they looked like.

Lmfao!!