Hi All. I am new here, but I wonder if anyone else has experienced this...
More & more lately, I am getting (proxy) outbid by *exactly* $1 above my snipes (which are never to the dollar and always varied... .57, .63, etc.) Although these bids come through much earlier than mine (by an hour or two) it would make sense in that it is common knowledge that sniping allows a bidder to go on about the day without policing auctions.
Since I don't do much eBaying (I have placed about a dozen snipes in total) and given that I have had this happen in 3 separate instances, it seems statistically suspicious. Of course, it could all be coincidental, but then I figured there'd eventually be clever anti-snip retaliation at some point, and the fact of the one dollar loss fits the irony.
I have to admit that I am starting to feel a little paranoid and am less likely to snipe on something I really want!
Thanks for listening
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