Originally Posted by
Rocky Gravol
Snipes are the lowest of the lows.
They're not called snipes for nothing.
Just bid the maximum you're willing to pay, and let it go.
Originally Posted by
Rocky Gravol
But what is the appeal?
You'll still only bid the max that you're willing to pay?
Originally Posted by
Rocky Gravol
I know it's just me,
but I think it violates "Wheaton's Law".
I don't think you understand the concept of the "snipe."
You put in a "snipe" for the maximum amount you want to pay. You go away- you find out later if you "won."
If someone was willing to pay more than you- you lost.
If you put in a bid for the maximum amount you want to pay- that allows someone else to say "I want it more" and out bid you. If anything, that's more like being a dick- outbidding some poor schmuck who put his all out on the table. If you did that, that would be rude. You make a conscious decision to "beat" that person. I don't want to be "that guy."