I bid quite often on items that I enter a snipe and win because I am the only bidder via a snipe. I have one seller I snipe quite often and sometimes will NOT snipe because I know he has an item listed for more than it is worth...He will relist it for a lower price if he gets no bids...
HOW ABOUT THIS:

Have AS sneak a peek at a predetermined time to see if there are bids...IE 10 seconds before or gutsy...5 seconds before then if bids fire my 3 second snipe...If no bids...hold your fire....

This will save me lots of money over the course of a year.

Dave

I don't understand your logic. If you think an item is overpriced, why would you bid on it at all? And why would someone else showing interest make you change your mind?

not just overpriced. I could buy it cheaper the next time around...if someone bid I would also bid.

Ok, I get it now. Risky, though. I've bypassed auctions, then when interested in the same item later, saw the price repeatedly go sky-high.

But if any of us had a crystal ball, we wouldn't need AS, would we?

ya know I have done the same. I have learned somtimes the lower the starting price the higher the final...example...Snowmobile helmet...first time around listed at $50.00...no bids. I hold off...second time around relisted at $25.00...closed for $73.00.

OOPs....However...

Broken Ipod listed first time around $25.00...no bids...I hold off second time around relisted for $10.00... I snipe at $17.53 and win for $13.53.

The thing I am after is the no bid...no snipe situation because more often than not I will not snipe on something that has zero bids unless I really want it...AS would get more revenue from me by having snipes placed on items that had bids.

Dave