[Xcaliber037]

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Originally Posted by ludovicotek

I have to disagree with this. Personally, I think every single time I've sniped is exactly because I knew someone would bid again if given the chance. That's the whole point, to get in that last little increment right before time runs out on the auction.

I snipe all the time. I have the eBay app on my iPhone with push notification. It's the "Barrett .50 caliber" of eBay sniping. My view is purly from a sellers perspective. I have gotten emails from people on items who said that they would purchase it for more if the buyer flakes out. That individual would have bid more if he had time to retaliate if given the chance. What said person should have done is put in the max amount they were willing to bid instead of just the small amount over the previous bidder. That goes on a lot on eBay. Hope that clears things up. You know what would be cool for sellers? If there was a last second bid, the time would extend a small amount like 5 minutes or so. That would allow the last miniute bidding war a chance to continue.
Although for buyers hoping to get it at a bargain that would suck.