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mrmopar
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When you got that guy that just HAS to be top bidder.
This is a small example, but this happens on big dollar items too. It seems that nowadays, whenever I toss out a bid, I come back to find it outbid, nearly 100% of the time. If I didn't use a snipe service, I probably wouldn't collect anymore because I'd never win a damn thing!!
I am the yellow star bidder here. Within 5 minutes of my bid, he starts nibbling away. Maybe he just happened to see it or maybe he has alerts that let him know he was outbid. After several bids, he gives up, but comes back later like a rat to cheese and bids me back up until he is the winner. I set a snipe to try to win it after this. Thought with a sub $1 item, maybe a proxy would hold up, but nope!
We are talking less than a buck. Is it really worth the time for 10 cent increment bids? Maybe this guy needs this much more than I do.
This is a small example, but this happens on big dollar items too. It seems that nowadays, whenever I toss out a bid, I come back to find it outbid, nearly 100% of the time. If I didn't use a snipe service, I probably wouldn't collect anymore because I'd never win a damn thing!!
I am the yellow star bidder here. Within 5 minutes of my bid, he starts nibbling away. Maybe he just happened to see it or maybe he has alerts that let him know he was outbid. After several bids, he gives up, but comes back later like a rat to cheese and bids me back up until he is the winner. I set a snipe to try to win it after this. Thought with a sub $1 item, maybe a proxy would hold up, but nope!
We are talking less than a buck. Is it really worth the time for 10 cent increment bids? Maybe this guy needs this much more than I do.
