Carter-k8vt wrote in
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SamSez wrote:


On the other hand, if you are patting yourself on the back on how
smart you were sniping in a last minute bid that DOES win an item --
just remember before patting yourself TOO hard -- nobody in the vast
number of people who looked at that item for the past N days thought
it was worth as much as you were stupid enough to pay at the last
minute...

You aren't the one getting the bargain -- you are the one catching
bidding fever and winding up paying to much!

Again, QUITE judgmental of you. Why are they 'stupid' and why might it
be "too much"? It may be too much for you but not necessarily for
them. They may have a strong nostalgic attachment from their
childhood, it may have been something actually owned by their dear,
departed mother and they want it at any price, any one of a hundred
reasons why *THEY* want it and *YOU* think it's too much.

Snipe away -- particularly on anything I'm selling. I love seeing
it. It always results in more in my pocket than I would have
expected.

Amen! I agree 100%; FWIW I am 99% a seller (who -loves- auction
fever), rarely buy and when I do, I don't snipe. Just place the max
bid I'm willing to pay. Sniping is just a tool that some people think
may, on occasion, be valuable to -them-. Who are you to judge them?



You still don't get it. If you place a higher value on it than I do,
fine, you still don't need to 'snipe' it to get it. Just bid what YOU
want to pay.

The 'stupid' part is thinking you are getting one over on somebody by
sniping.

Remember -- the topic is 'sniping'.

Get it yet? Can I type any slower for you?