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Originally Posted by Kendall69
I use the "snipe" method. I have a program that lets me bid 15 seconds prior to the auction ending, I've never lost an item I wanted with that method. With just 15 seconds to go it hardly leaves time for the next guy to see what I bid and drop a new bid on top of mine. I've won things soo cheap that soem sellers have refused to send the item to me, yes against E-bay policy, but they have no clout any way for enforcing anything.
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Sniping is cool... but too often unreliable. I've lost some great deals while relying on a snipe program to grab it for me... although I used much tighter timing than you. No big deal on small stuff... but on a big purchase, it can hurt if the snipe program ends up failing.
Many years ago, I won a nifty red C4 Corvette on eBay. The seller then said I got it too cheap. I told him I wanted it anyway. He started making up all kinds of stuff wrong with it like body and glass damage... many of which he was probably willing to do if I pressed the issue... so I had no choice but to let him out of the deal. Next auction he got a couple grand more and was happy. So it goes.
Dougster