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Originally Posted by Mayvik  I use my desire, and my speedy fingers. Sniper programs are for wussies and make ebay even worse  |
How do Snipers make ebay worse?
They benefit everyone, including those that do not use them BY PREVENTING BID WARS. This keeps prices lower.
Bid wars are the problem with Ebay. Lots of sellers try to articially create bid wars by using alternate accounts to bid people up. THIS is what is illegal, not sniping. A better method is to start the auction at a penny.
Other auctions sites go so far to actually PROMOTE bid wars by extending the auction an extra 5 minutes if any bids come in in the last minute. I WILL NEVER BID on any site that promotes such an aweful practice.
I've never understood why people bash Snipers, but they tend to be the types that will bid a penny, then get outbid, then bid 50 cents, then get outbid, then a dollar, then 5, then 20, and so on. I did the same thing when I started using ebay 10 years because I THOUGHT that saved me money. But it didn't.
Since then, I've used Hammersnipe for most of those 10 years. Its free and use it for all my bids EXCEPT for the rare item that I must have, and will pay any price.