is sniping wrong? poll

seateddime · February 17, 2006 3:34PM

what do you think?

HTubbs · February 17, 2006 3:36PM

Take a hike

Myqqy · February 17, 2006 3:39PM

LincolnsRule · February 17, 2006 3:58PM

If you're playing a board game with your friends, is playing good strategy wrong?

BlindedByEgo · February 17, 2006 4:09PM

I used to go on snipe hunts - or that's what they told me - is that what ur talking about?

seateddime · February 17, 2006 4:11PM

not far off - kind of like going hunting with the Vice President

AU58WALKERS · February 17, 2006 4:16PM

<< not far off - kind of like going hunting with the Vice President >>

eeew that was cold

Bochiman · February 17, 2006 4:17PM

sniping is a fact of life.
I used to only manually "snipe" but I cannot be at the PC 24/7 unlike others.
I also go after "commodities" so if I don't win 1 auction there is usually another one around the corner.

With a sniping program, I don't have to worry about being at my PC, power being off, and I can set it so if I win the first auction, the other bids never kick in.

Whining about sniping won't help. It is here. It has helped me bid on auctions where, if I didn't snipe, the price would NOT have been driven up where the other person won by having a higher bid than my snipe (but it may have been a lot lower) or where I won.

So, sniping helps especially as the number of ebay items has increased.

seateddime · February 17, 2006 4:17PM

just a joke

HTubbs · February 17, 2006 4:25PM

<< just a joke

>>

now you're catching on

mozin · February 17, 2006 4:41PM

I can't understand why anyone would say sniping is wrong.

ER · February 17, 2006 4:43PM

<< I can't understand why anyone would say sniping is wrong.

>>

It's wrong, if you're the snipee.

kiyote · February 17, 2006 4:57PM

Yeah, boy, as a seller, there's nothing more I hate than seeing a coin go from $75 to $130 in the last 5 seconds of the auction! o.O

Numismatics · February 17, 2006 7:46PM

If I snip someone, then it is OK.
If I was snipped, then it is not OK.

TorinoCobra71 · February 17, 2006 10:12PM

53-5 at this point, I think you have your answer.........

TorinoCobra71

VamGuy · February 17, 2006 10:24PM

<< If I snip someone, then it is OK.
If I was snipped, then it is not OK.
>>

...said the female mohel.

1977topps · February 17, 2006 10:49PM

I have sniped, and I have been sniped. It's all part of the game. It's business, not personal.

Freak1c · February 17, 2006 11:06PM

Doesn't exist. I am the highest bidder.

Freak

michael · February 17, 2006 11:10PM

it is WRONG only if you do not win the particular auction lot that you sniped

but in general sniping is extremely low class

Nocerino18 · February 17, 2006 11:19PM

This is the worst survey of 2006

50cents · February 17, 2006 11:27PM

only if you don't make your snipe bid high enought.

19Lyds · February 18, 2006 12:32AM

Absolutely not! Its a poker game my friend.

Some auctions you just play the highest maximum amount you're willing to pay for an item. Other auctions you decide what that amount will be and then play it just before the auction ends provided your highest has not already been exceeded.

The whole point of "sniping" is to avoid a bidding war where both bidders end up paying way too much for a coin.

FullStrike · February 18, 2006 12:44AM

Depends on your perspective. If you're a seller with shilling on the brain, then snipers can really ruin your day. If you're an unknowlegeable cheapskate bidder ( no offence to the unknowlegeable cheapskate bidders out there

) the snipers are just waiting to hit you with their best shot.

And finally if you're a figety buyer who wants something and hates to have shillers drive your bid up - then you are left wondering who in he!! is complaining.

ms71 · February 18, 2006 12:49AM

I don't understand the question. Sniping is completely within the rules established by the auction venue. Just because some bidders don't like it, I certainly don't see how any sensible argument can be made that it's "wrong".

mirabela · February 18, 2006 1:11AM

The person willing to pay the most for the coin buys the coin. It's OK.

ksteelheader · February 18, 2006 1:22AM

This has turned out to be a really

assed thread!

AU58WALKERS · February 18, 2006 2:42AM

<< it is WRONG only if you do not win the particular auction lot that you sniped

but in general sniping is extremely low class >>

Why is it low class?

Shamika · February 18, 2006 4:28AM

No, but complaining about it is.

coinnut86 · February 18, 2006 4:30AM

<< No, but complaining about it is. >>

now let this thread rest please.

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