You take aim, wait for the optimum moment and BOOM - success or not?
Basically sniping is putting in a bid right in the last few seconds of an online auction. If you have tried to buy anything popular then you are the target for snipers so get informed and become a sniper yourself.
There are plenty of guides and services out there so don't be the sniped (snipee?) be the sniper
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Relevant FAQs:
How do I win online auctions?
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Relevant threads:
Tracking e-bay auctions
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Relevant links:
advice/articles
The Snipers Guide to Successful Bidding
Sniping 101
The State of Sniping
How to snipe on eBay and another recent ZDNet article links to various other comments and articles.
Online auctions easy targets of 'snipers' - article on sniping and the Auction Sniper service.
Online Auction Sniping: The Thrill of the Hunt
The science bit:
Rasmusen, Eric, "Strategic Implications of Uncertainty Over One's Own Private Value in Auctions," Indiana University, Dept. of Business Economics and Public Policy, October 31, 2001,(November 19, 2001).
Roth, Alvin E. & Axel Ockenfels (2000) "Last Minute Bidding And The Rules For Ending Second-Price Auctions: Theory And Evidence From A Natural Experiment On The Internet,'' NBER Working Paper 7729, June 2000,
sniping services
-Stop losing your eBay auctions in the final seconds - PowerSnipe is the professional auction sniper online bidding software used to snipe and win eBay auctions.
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