Cotty wrote: > Help me out here people. Anyone think sniping is rude ? If so, why?
No, not rude at all. If you are going to snipe something, it's obvious that you are certain (even if no bids present) that this item will attract interest - possibly a great deal. Bidding early with your limit is only going to happen if you know for whatever reason you can't be 'there' for the last few seconds of the auction. I often don't bid on items which have been bid up over a few days. I once came across a couple who used to bid each others radio gear up, never making the winning bid on any item. I've yet to e-mail any previous winners on things I'm after from a particular seller, as if it's got to that stage, I'm not going to bid anyway, but all credit to you for the additional research! I tend to restrict expensive items I'm buying to an area I can collect from now. It also means I buy less :-) I think the new television campaign for eBay over here in the UK has attracted more sellers best avoided and more new people will tend to bid up those bits you want up until they learn to snipe for themselves. Malcolm
