Talk:Auction sniping
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[edit] The Merge
Well sniper bid was a poor and obscure name and this is better. Both articles are rarely edited so I merged them myself. I also kept all information. The articles--okay now just one article--needs to be cleaned up, though. DyslexicEditor 08:06, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Sellers generally object to bid sniping
Source? Kat, Queen of Typos 08:50, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Proxy Bidding as Antidote to Sniping
I would like to see someone address the following point in the article. I'm not an expert so I don't feel comfortable adding this information myself.
Properly used, proxy bidding is an antidote to sniping. If I am willing to pay up to $10 for an item, I'll bid that much. If someone snipes and pays $11, then I think they've overpaid.
If I thought it was OK to pay $11 for an item, then I would bid that much to start with. Using this approach there is no value in sniping and no need to worry about being outbid or sniped. The sniper has overpaid in my opinion if they take my item away.
If you have an abundance mentality, then there is no problem with going on to the next auction for the same item and bidding $10 there. Eventually I'll get the item at my price, (unless I'm wrong about its true value in which case I'll bid higher next time.) Erik 18:53, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
Bad link deleted JudyJohn 23:44, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Auction Sniper, a subsidiary of eBay?
I had always heard that Auction Sniper themselves were a small part of eBay. I have no proof of course, just rumours but maybe someone knows of a source? The one thing I can say for fact is that if you snipe something at say $20.02 and the person has a proxy bid in for $20.01 YOU will win, unlike using your own bid at eBay which makes you go their next price choice.Hilljayne 06:32, 13 March 2007 (UTC) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Hilljayne (talk • contribs) 06:32, 13 March 2007 (UTC).
