On Monday, February 10, 2003, at 12:53 PM, Gnarlodious wrote: > Entity Meirion Roscoe spoke thus: > >> What is 'sniping'? > Sniping is the slimy bidding practice of entering a bid 20 seconds > before > the auction closes. You know they can't enter a bid in the short time > remaining. > I fail to see how this is a "slimy" bidding practice... John