Had to chime in a second time on this one. No matter if you snipe, bid early, bid late or just sit and watch. The winner will always be the one who bid the most assuming it hits reserve. No strategy or trick beats the high bidder so go ahead and enjoy the game but the result is always the same. I prefer the challenge of bidding myself at the end. I do not and have never used snipe software as it takes the fun out of it for me. Funny thing about sniping software. More people lose auctions on Snip software then win auctions. I wonder why...hmmmmm?
Other things we do to entertain ourselves in this hobby and on ebay. I know for sure that I am the only one who checks for bicycles listed incorrectly so I get a jump on the rest of you.
I am the only one who searches for bikes with mispelled names so I am smarter then the rest of you.
I know that if I do not bid on a bike early then others cannot use my name to search for other auctions I may have bid on.
I also know that if you bid on bikes, I am the only one who figured out that I can use your name to search ebay to see what else you bid on so I don't have to do the work.
I have not yet attained the level of cleverness to create an alias ebay name to bid so others don't know who I am to prevent tipping them off.
I am the only one who searches MASI bike then MASI bicycle because I know others don't think of this.
One last thing, I have found the for sure, tried and true method to win every auction that I want.
I outbid everyone else.
Glad I am smarter then the rest of you ;)
Ray Homiski
Elizabeth, NJ