Reply to "question about lead times."

fred4christMember

I have wondered why people feel a need to get a 8 second or less snipe. For that matter a 10 second or less snipe. If you are bidding against inexperienced bidders, then they will not be quick enough to react to a 15 second snipe. If you are bidding against experienced bidders they will snipe, or they will use the proxy system to do their bidding for them.

So, You actually have reasons to have a 15 sec snipe instead of 8 or 5 or 3.
1. What if there is traffic, no reason to loose because of internet traffic.
2. If you snipe at 15sec with $10. And joe smith snipes at 10 seconds with $10. You will win because your bid was first.
3. Anyone that can react to a 15 second snipe will not try to, they will be experienced enough to know not to bid the increment, but their max.

Who knows, maybe as people become more sophisticated, snipe times will start increasing so you can be the first to bid.

Hmmm, I have just revealed part of my sniping secrets. Ahh, this group is worth it.

--- me

8/29/034:47 PM

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