posted on June 20, 2003 02:18:24 PM new
My friend Sniped a board game for quite a bit of money (It was made in the 1930's with a horse racing theme. Very cool item). The guy My friend sniped sent him an email. This guy was outraged that he would bid with 5 seconds left. He was going to report my friend to Ebay and have him kicked off. I told my friend to forward the threat to Ebay and complain of harassment...
They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. B. Franklin
posted on June 20, 2003 03:04:41 PM new
I have gotten a few outraged "you evil sniper, you" emails. One I ignored, but the other I wrote back and told her how to snipe herself. I never did follow up to see if she learned .... but I bet she did.
------------------- We do not see things as they are. We see them as we are.
------------The Talmud
posted on June 20, 2003 04:51:25 PM new
I've never understood why an honest seller would dislike snipers.
The only way I can see them causing trouble is if you are dealing with one of those sellers that cancels the auction if the bids don't get high enough. Those people DESERVE to learn the appropriate lesson (Start the price higher).
You guys can feel free to snipe my auctions anytime. Go ahead- try it now!
posted on June 20, 2003 05:07:35 PM new
You better watch out Ebay will give you the boot for sure.
Who do you think you are increasing their FVF commission?
posted on June 20, 2003 05:37:13 PM new
I love snipers. Any bid is better than no bids and the newbies learn to use the BIN whenever they can or use a proxy bid the amount that they were willing to pay.
posted on June 21, 2003 04:08:17 PM new
I had a guy win one of my auctions just so he could leave me a neutral feedback. Feedback was something like "Item as described but he snipes all the good old tools" .
