Originally Posted by
JBrock
Totally agree. If I am snipping, or bidding by regular means, I am always putting in the highest I am willing to pay for the item period. I do not sit and watch an item and increase the bid $.05 everytime someone else bids. If the item is at $9.99 and I am willing to pay 120 for it then I put in 120 either in a bid or a snipe.
The one nice thing about snipping though, is that it usually helps prevent an inflated price or the start of a bidding war thus driving the price up higher than it goes for in a snipe. Guess I can thank all those people who sit back and bid $.05 over the current each time for that.