Ugh sniper got me

GFourDriver

5 seconds left...had the high bid all day and poof.

1854 Type 1 G$1

jessewvu

You know how you take snipers out? With artillary; bid BIG and bid OFTEN! Do that, and I can almost gaurantee you will never be sniped again (unless someone else that reads this response)

smokincoin

at your title!

JCMhouston

As long as he bid more than you were willing to, he just outspent you, nothing wrong with that.

ricko

If you cannot bid with the big dogs... don't bother. You must be prepared to either bid high or snipe. Cheers, RickO

BAJJERFAN

3 on a match eh?

BAJJERFAN

<< <i>If you cannot bid with the big dogs... don't bother. You must be prepared to either bid high or snipe. Cheers, RickO >>



even when you snipe you gotta bid strong $$$

TwoSides2aCoin

Exposure means higher prices. Be prepared !!! The guys who lost on paper are charging our hobby hard. It's gonna be relentless for a time.

CB2597

MEDIC!!!!!!!!!

Bochiman

Man,

You guys should see the snipe I just won!

1854 Type 1 G$1

fc

sniping is the only way to go!

TwoSides2aCoin

uh huh, buncha show offs around this place !!!

mrpotatoheadd

<< <i>You must be prepared to either bid high or snipe. >>

Sometimes, you need to do both. The last auction I won, I sniped $100 more than I was thinking I'd need, just to be safe. I won by 4 bucks.

CaptHenway

If you make penny ante bids, you get beat.
If you were willing to bid more, you should have bid more.

GFourDriver

Well you've gotta luck out on a couple

thisnamztaken

Like my folks used to say when playing Pinochle, just after taking a trick with their Ace that beat out the other person's 10: "Never send a boy to the mill."

seatedcollector

it doesnt matter if you had the high bid since the listing started, in the end, he who is willing to pay the most, wins the coin. all bidders do is drive up the price. lay low and load a big snipe.

GFourDriver

Yep, I usually snipe in the last 30 seconds or so on TT but I was trying to find where the buyback was at earlier in the auction and it just happened to be low. The whole point is that sitting on a bid until the end is not a good position to be in.

Preussen

I read the title and expected to see something about Hillary's news story -Preussen

BAJJERFAN

<< <i>it doesnt matter if you had the high bid since the listing started, in the end, he who is willing to pay the most, wins the coin. all bidders do is drive up the price. lay low and load a big snipe. >>



Zackly so. NEVER show your interest in an item by placing an early bid.

etexmike

<< <i>5 seconds left...had the high bid all day and poof. >>



That's why they wrote snipe programs.

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etexmike

Jcarney

<< <i>Yep, I usually snipe in the last 30 seconds or so on TT but I was trying to find where the buyback was at earlier in the auction and it just happened to be low. The whole point is that sitting on a bid until the end is not a good position to be in. >>



I've done that myself a few times. If I REALLY want the coin though, I'll snipe myself.

ambro51

I buy using www.auctionsniper.com

ziggy29

<< <i>I buy using www.auctionsniper.com >>

On Teletrade?

ambro51

e bay

ricko

"If I REALLY want the coin though, I'll snipe myself."
Jcarney is right... I can beat the snipe programs.... however, you must be there, and tuned in... the last few seconds are critical... and high speed connection is mandatory. Cheers, RickO

AnkurJ

I have a pretty good wireless line at home, and can usually sinpe within 2 seconds of the auction ending.

Jcarney

<< <i>"If I REALLY want the coin though, I'll snipe myself."
Jcarney is right... I can beat the snipe programs.... however, you must be there, and tuned in... the last few seconds are critical... and high speed connection is mandatory. Cheers, RickO >>



Actually Ricko, that's not quite what I meant.

I DO manually snipe on Teletrade, but if I really want a coin and I'm the high bidder and the price is ridiculously low, I will put in a snipe bid against myself to ensure that I win the coin.

I agree though, I can beat the snipe programs easily. If I have a 2 second snipe on Ebay, I'm disappointed.

SeattleSlammer

all bidders do is drive up the price. lay low and load a big snipe.



Of course this presumes that there aren't a bunch of snipers all laying low at the same time. In which case, the final cost of the coin is still the same as what it would have been if you bid earlier.

notwilight

<< <i>all bidders do is drive up the price. lay low and load a big snipe. Of course this presumes that there aren't a bunch of snipers all laying low at the same time. In which case, the final cost of the coin is still the same as what it would have been if you bid earlier. >>



Actually, occasionally two snipers load what is called a "nuclear snipe" assuming they will outbid the underbidder by one bid increment no matter what it is. So they bid $1000 on a $500 coin assuming at the worst they'll pay $550. But two guys do it and one ends up paying $1000. --Jerry

mrpotatoheadd

<< <i>I agree though, I can beat the snipe programs easily. >>



<< <i>Jcarney is right... I can beat the snipe programs >>


How do you know when you're beating a snipe program? Maybe the other bidder manually sniped too, but just not high enough.

GFourDriver

<<<Like my folks used to say when playing Pinochle, just after taking a trick with their Ace that beat out the other person's 10: "Never send a boy to the mill." >>>

Does paying more than what you can get it for make you smart? This statement makes no sense.

Here is the same coin on ebay with BIN that is less than what the next bid would have been.
1854 NGC MS62 $1G