Irritating from a sellers standpoint? Please explain how sniping ever hurts the seller. I sell all the time (130+positives) and love it when there are lots of snipes in the last few seconds. It only drives the price up and calls the bet. More cash for the seller and eBay of course. As a buyer I have no time to counter bid. I set my snipe and see what happens. As far as selling in concerned, reserve pricing will protect you from the dreaded low winning bid but not from eBays ever increasing listing fees. Happy eBaying' >It's irritating and unfair from the seller's standpoint, however. What >happens is you hope to get $50 for an item, but 10 bidders wait for the >last minute and all place bids at once. One wins at $5; the others are >outbid and all you get is $5, even though there were 10 bidders. As a >frequent seller, I definitely consider sniping "slimy". I've suggested >many times to eBay that the auction should automatically be extended on any >winning bid - LIKE A REAL AUCTION - and of course they have ignored it, >because that would be too hard to program. After all, one can't expect >people making millions of dollars from a system to implement any >improvements. _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus