Thread: Losing by one dollar!!!!

Originally Posted by globaldev

Your snipe bid isnt known to anyone else (including bay). If the max bid on bay is 10 for person A but at current 5, And you snipe at 15, A doesnt know to move and you win at 11.

But if the bid is at ten and that bidder had his max above 15 you don't win, right? Your max still has to be above the others max.

Originally Posted by bluesman7

But if the bid is at ten and that bidder had his max above 15 you don't win, right? Your max still has to be above the others max.

No, if bidding increments are at $1 then you would win for $6 assuming their snipe didn't have time to respond in which case they would win for $7.
It still goes up in increments it is just that the snipe puts the bid on with the minimum amount of time to respond.

Originally Posted by edhewitt

No, if bidding increments are at $1 then you would win for $6 assuming their snipe didn't have time to respond in which case they would win for $7.
It still goes up in increments it is just that the snipe puts the bid on with the minimum amount of time to respond.

Don't quite agree with this Ed. Sniping is a way of putting your maximum bid in late - it is useful rather than bidding early - in that it doesn't allow people to bid up and up until they reach your maximum. If two people have snipes in, the one with the highest bid will still win - even if their snipe is in front of yours. As an example - If my maximum snipe bid is $10 and yours is $9 - and the current maximum is $5 - my bid will go in at $10 and win against your $9. If you had not bid, mine would still go in at $10 but I would pay only $6.

Originally Posted by UKRob

Don't quite agree with this Ed. Sniping is a way of putting your maximum bid in late - it is useful rather than bidding early - in that it doesn't allow people to bid up and up until they reach your maximum. If two people have snipes in, the one with the highest bid will still win - even if their snipe is in front of yours. As an example - If my maximum snipe bid is $10 and yours is $9 - and the current maximum is $5 - my bid will go in at $10 and win against your $9. If you had not bid, mine would still go in at $10 but I would pay only $6.

True, assuming ebay had time to process both bids.

I recently won 3 razors on Eblay..
The way I won the blades was by thinking what was I willing to pay for them ,which was £150, it was actually the maximum could afford at the time.
5 seconds left I bid my £150.
I won them for some thing like $58 .. Cant loose that way

Originally Posted by JOB15

I recently won 3 razors on Eblay..
The way I won the blades was by thinking what was I willing to pay for them ,which was £150, it was actually the maximum could afford at the time.
5 seconds left I bid my £150.
I won them for some thing like $58 .. Cant loose that way

That is what a sniping program does for you. You don't have to wait out the timer though, you can go about your business knowing your best bid will be dropped in the final seconds.

Originally Posted by Hart

That is what a sniping program does for you. You don't have to wait out the timer though, you can go about your business knowing your best bid will be dropped in the final seconds.

But that's the best bit. Watching the clock tick down, heart pumping , adrenaline and the joy of realising your finally a winner in life