Question Re: Sniping in Member To Member Support DO NOT DELETE

Sniping

vintagetoys2u — Sat, 22 Feb 2020 06:59:36 GMT

I've lost out so many times to Snipers, when buying.

Consequently, on my own listing, I will not list any auction items.

Although this has probably cost me money, principle is more important.

Ebay should stop pandering to the Sniping community apologists, and ban this unfair practice, giving everyone a level playing field!

Re: Sniping

john1297576 — Sat, 22 Feb 2020 07:05:00 GMT

Don't be so silly. Sniping is bidding at the inthe last few seconds. It can be done using a sniping service or just a member waiting to bid as late as possible. You wouldn't know, a bid is a bid. However a bid is made it is the highest bid that wins, not the last. You have just not bid enough. Do you really want to lose money by having a silly attitude because you don't understand this.

Re: Sniping

vintagetoys2u — Sat, 22 Feb 2020 07:13:39 GMT

As you well know , the latest software bids into the last second of any auction listing. Us humans are mere mortals, and it is impossible to match the speed of this unfair practice.

Sir; I rest my case.

Re: Sniping

tressygirl — Sat, 22 Feb 2020 07:35:41 GMT

Annoying I agree when one loses out when buying, but surely listing auction items for sale, should not be a worry, let the snipers try and outbid themselves, and the may the best man win!

Re: Sniping

redwick1 — Sat, 22 Feb 2020 07:57:37 GMT

The bidder that puts in the highest bid wins whether they put it in at the last minute or not

If you lost you did not bid enough.

Some bidders enjoy the excitment of last minute bidding and there is nothing wrong with that

Why stop offering items to auction.

Surely you would be happy if you had last minute bids that were high

Re: Sniping

captain*obvious — Sat, 22 Feb 2020 09:17:36 GMT

@vintagetoys2u wrote:

Ebay should stop pandering to the Sniping community apologists, and ban this unfair practice, giving everyone a level playing field!

As everybody can enter a snipe bid, the playing field couldn't be any more level.

The notion you won't list any further auction items because someone may come in with a high bid at the last minute thereby making your item sell for more hasn't been very well thought through has it?

Re: Sniping

red_magpie — Sat, 22 Feb 2020 09:33:26 GMT

I've lost out so many times to Snipers, when buying.

No, you haven't. You've lost out to buyers who bid more than you. The winning bid is the higest, not the latest.

If you were willing to pay more, you should have bid more. EBay's automatic bidding system would then have carried on bidding for you, up to the very last second, until it reached your maximum. You would either have won the auction, or lost fairly to someone who was prepared to pay more. That's what auctions are about.