Originally posted by path914:
I can't imagine bidding on anything with 5 days left in an auction. If you really want something you have to be there when it gets sold, heck I usually bid on things within the last 10 seconds and I still get outbid quite often. Just the nature of the beast IMHO...



Exactly. The point of Ebay IMO is to get the stuff you want a the LOWEST possible price you can get if for, not your highest proxy bid. Therefore, sniping is essential.

Case in point, a few years back I wanted this cherry 93' Stang 5.0 coupe that was on Ebay. It had a lot of action as you can imagine however, I utilized my honed sniping skills and landed the ride. Beat the competing bidder out by $100. He was SOOOO pissed that he emailed me afterward, whined about it, and called me a dirty bastard! LOL! Boohoohoo. I sure didn't feel bad when I was driving my 5.0 around. Nor did I feel bad when I sold it for $3k more than I paid for it.

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