| Sniping always occurs when a bid is about to end and | | | | nobody elseraises the bid. If you've been logged in |
| many bidders are focused on the item in question; | | | | for a while,this cannot be considered sniping. |
| with some of these people waiting to the last | | | | Using this method, you must always be aware of |
| moment to place their bids a bit higher than the | | | | automaticbidders. It is very hard to bid against people |
| higher bid. Sniping is against the rules at eBay, but it | | | | who usebidding software. That software has been |
| doesn't slow the snipers down! In most cases, evenif | | | | designed forthe purpose of snipping, and your |
| you report it, the sniper will get away with it, andyou | | | | chances ofoutbidding the software manually are very |
| will have lost that item you wanted to winso badly. | | | | slim -which leads us to the second method of |
| Unfortunately, in order to avoid losing theitems you | | | | snipping; this is, Snipping services. |
| want to snipers at eBay, you have totake on the | | | | Snipping services are very easy to find online, |
| sniper mentality. And of course you also need tosnipe | | | | andthey are relatively inexpensive. You can |
| in a way that will not violate eBay's rules. | | | | alsopurchase your own snipping software. If you |
| If you are interested in knowing, snipping can be | | | | want tobecome a sniper, purchasing your own |
| done in one of two ways. The first way is the | | | | software isusually the best way to go if you bid on a |
| safest, but not necessarily the easiest. Simply keep | | | | lot of items. |
| up with the item you are bidding on. | | | | You just set up the software, tell it which auction |
| Make a quick note of the date and time that the | | | | towatch and what the highest price you are willing |
| auctionwill end, and make sure that you are in front | | | | tobid is, and let it do the work, just remember that |
| of yourcomputer and logged into the auction well | | | | itis against the rules, and while eBay seldom |
| before thatspecific time arrives. The objective is to | | | | enforcesthis rule, you will be running the risk of |
| either bid higher thanthe highest bid during the last | | | | gettingbanned from eBay. |
| few seconds or to simply make sure that you are | | | | There are two faces to sniping; it is bad if someone |
| not outbid by a sniper. | | | | does it to you, but if you use it yourself to win bids, |
| It is important to remember that sniping is against | | | | it can be a wonderful thing. On the other hand, if you |
| the rules, so you should log in about thirty or forty | | | | think twice, it may not be very ethical. Outbidding |
| five minutes beforethe bidding ends, and get your bid | | | | someone is one thing, but sniping is something quite |
| up until it is thehighest bid. At that point, all you need | | | | different.Good or bad you are the only one who |
| to do is tokeep an eye out to make sure that | | | | makes the choice of using it or not. |