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<P>All early bidding does is drive up the item price and disclose your intentions on the item thus leaving you open to phony (shill) bids that further jack up the price..</P></DIV>
<P>Why would anyone try to bid on an auction with days left? You cannot win the auction that way. It is easy to spot the newbies on eBay they bid like crazy for days on the same item.</P></DIV>
<P>Shill bidding is easy to spot just check the shill bidders other auctions that they are bidding on. Most of the time the shiller will only follow one or two sellers. I notify eBay whenever I suspect this. I only use online services to bid with 5 or 6 seconds left in the auction. You will never see me during the bidding process. So call me what you want. Most people call me the winner of the auction. I set my price and that is IT. If I win good, if not Oh Well, try try again. I just scored 2 older powerbooks Sunday night with sniping. Other bidders never knew I was there and I do not have to worry about my refresh going in with 20 seconds left. It is not slimy it is SMOOTH.</P>
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<P>P.S. I make a decent buck on eBay as a seller too, mostly through resale's of items that were listed wrong or F***'d up.<BR></P>
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<P>>>>What is 'sniping'? </P>
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<DIV></DIV>>>Sniping is the slimy bidding practice of entering a bid 20 seconds
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<DIV></DIV>>>the auction closes. You know they can't enter a bid in the short
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<DIV></DIV>>I fail to see how this is a "slimy" bidding practice...
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<DIV></DIV>>John
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