sniping

mrc32

I know there have been topics on sniping before but one question I have for those that have used this service for a while....do you use it for everything? Do you bid manually anymore or do you just snipe?

gtbeaker

If it's a card I REALLY want, I'll definitely snipe. If it's just a card I'd like to have, but won't die if I don't win it, I'll just bid "normally". I've just lost out on SOOOOOO many cards due to not sniping that it's become a major part of my day !

Virtualizard

I snipe everything now. I don't see the point in even bidding manually anymore. With sniping, you can still decide not to bid right before the auction closes - just cancel the snipe. I like this because I have often placed bids on the same card where I only want one and end up winning both. There are many more reasons, but they've all been discussed here before.

JEB.

Tipem

I agree with everything that Jeb said.The only other thing that I might add is that bidding "normally" just bumps up the price and lets other potential rival card bidders know that I am interested in a card.With sniping,you put in your maximum price and then set back.If the bidding goes above your set bid,the sniping company sends an e-mail letting me know that I need to increase my bid.There are a lot of times that I just let the auction go without increasing my bid and that's all there is to it.

Vic

wolfbear

I snipe most of the time.

If I see someone has something like 50 different cards listed at low opening bids,
and I wouldn't mind having them for cheap, I'll just bid on them.

Otherwise, it would take an hour to write down all the auction numbers and then punch them in to esnipe.

chrisrenaud

I snipe all of the time, both because of the convenience of not having to sit around my computer when the auction ends, but also because I definitely used to get abused by people who saw my name and then shilled me on cards they knew I wanted.

PlayBall

I've never used a sniping service. Probably never will. I do "manually" bid in the last few minutes, but if I'm not around, or by some computer glitch, I don't get to bid, then I figure it just wasn't meant to be.