Very Upset With Myself

[travrosty]

Originally Posted by HaloFan

I know virtually everyone here snipes, but I am of the camp that prefers to put in the max bid right from the start and make someone knock me off. I have not done the statistics, but for me when I've sniped the results has been mixed. Often I did not win and if I did, got it at a price much higher than comparable BINs. I just make sure that if I'm going to lose, the other guy will not get a deal. With scarce cards that you don't see too often and is up auction style you don't have much of a choice; you will see sniping in the end, but with more common cards, I don't get too upset getting knocked off with a snipe. Just saying.

Craig

Right on target.

if everyone snipes, then no one is really sniping. its just putting in your max bid and it doesn't matter if you put it in right away or with one second left.

now if someone snipes and you lose out because you would have topped his last second snipe bid, then you yourself did not put in your max bid, either right away or sniping. that's your fault. why would you not put in your absolute maximum bid and let it get away? that's what i don't get.

sniping isn't a surprise move. everyone knows the other guy is going to snipe, all the more important to put in your absolute max bid, and let the chips fall where they may, whether you snipe or not, so it doesnt really mater if you snipe. It's a strategy but not really.

now many people say that they would have paid another dollar for the item, even over their absolute max bid, but then again, you don't know the max bid of the other guy, so one dollar more turns into 20. turns into 100. turns into 300. Figure out your super absolute crazy max bid and bid it and stick with it and there is never a need to snipe. if people like to snipe, that's fine, but its not really sniping anything.