Originally Posted by
The Golden Boy
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."
The advantage of a sniper is that you can set it to submit your bid near the end of an auction, such as 5 seconds before the end. That greatly increases you odds of winning. If you submit a bid 2, 3, 4 days before the end of an auction, in most cases someone will come along and top your bid -- unless it is ridiculously high. My winning percentage on auctions probably increased from 5% to 50-75% after I started using a sniper.