You'd think by now that buyers know there are snipers around. It's not something new. It is not a surprise. I always expect other snipers, there have often been many on auctions I bid on in the last 5 seconds and the price suddenly flies...and I won as often as I lost.
There is nothing unfair about it and in my case it's not about outsmarting other bidders. Nothing to do with it. It's about living in hope that you get something for the price you like at the end of the day. I'm prepared to pay my top price. Some people might be less sure of themselves and get pulled in putting more on than the item is really worth to them. Not my problem.
Everyone can snipe, there is no rule against it.
If I did put in 10 bids over the period, I will still not go past the price I have in my head. I could argue that people who put 10 times silly bids in for 10 p more every time are trying to put other's off when they see how many bids something is getting at first glance, without first checking who the bidders are. I have seen that tactic more often than I can count.
If I see a nice glass vase and really like it, I determine a price for myself which I feel happy with and can afford. I'm not interested in what others are bidding as it is irrelevant to me. I bid what I bid and won't start putting more on it because someone else think it's worth £10 more than I wanted to pay in the first place. It's called control. I do not change the bid I have in mind. So if I see that someone has put a higher bid in than I was planning to snipe it for, then I don't bid anymore.
What others think it's worth is not my concern, only what I can afford and see as a fair price. I'm not putting some ridiculous high price in so I'm guaranteed the item. I can't afford that anyway, but if I put in £17 for a vase and someone else's highest bid is £15, and I win the auction, well, what can I say...It was worth £17 to me, but obviously not to the other person. End of story.
when someone snipes your item you think you have won!! So annoying
