Sniping - For it or 'agin it?

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Posted By: Tim Sanders

I view sniping as an unnatural format to "bid" on the auction.

Again it's just an opinion, coming from a buyer tha didn't even know of the practice until a few months ago (from here). Maybe for now it's the shock factor but it explains why I've lost out in the past.

Protecting one's self against a shill? If you'd indulge me and explain how? If they've already shilled some then isn't it already there aganst the Snipe you set? What are you protecting yourself against the 70+ bids in $1 increments?

If you have a small budget (a few hundred a month) like me, each bid is weighed against the other and I miss out by being sniped at the end.
Bitter... possibly!
Wrong... your opinion, but I won't think any less of anyone for doing it (but I do chuckle when everyone complains about a snipe glitch).

But if I wanted to counter I can't because of a Snipe set at 30 seconds left. So the price stays lower than it could have in the end. To my mind - price manipulation, but feel free to prove me wrong.