[R-390] R-389 Sold For $3550.00 on eBay

[Kenneth G. Gordon]

Tracy Fort wrote:

> David,
>  I would like to respectfully disagree with you on one point. 
> 
> "The people selling bid snipers promote their product saying that you can
> win an auction for a lower bid price by placing a last second bid which is
> not true.  When the final bids were placed has no affect on the winning
> price."

This is true.

> 
> You are less likely to drive up the final price if no one knows you are
> bidding. If you hide a 50 dollar bid with a sniper versus a proxy then
> nobody can bid up to your max. I think that it does give you an edge.

There is definitely that aspect of sniping that is advantageous for the 
bidder. However, the main reasons I use auctionsniper are two fold: 1) 
it keeps me from having to be personally at the close of every auction, 
most of which I forget until it is too late, and 2) more importantly, it 
prevents me from getting into an emotional bidding war and end up 
paying more than I would if I were thinking instead of feeling.

It has been a valuable tool for me.

Ken W7EKB