Sniping (was Re: Vax 4000/90)

[Jay West]

It was written...
>> That's friendly behavior? I actually mark auctions with an early (low)
>> bid so friends know I'm sniping it. If they are friendly they will
>> avoid it or tell me they want it more than me.

I've gotten egg on my face... twice... about that. I find an item I want, I 
set up a snipe bid and walk away. That's the nice part of the automated 
snipe services, I can forget about it and wait till the "you've won" or 
"you've lost" email hits my mailbox. I don't go back and constantly watch 
it.

A couple of times, a friend emailed me "hey, why did you snipe it from 
me?"... the truth is, I didn't even know he was bidding - he wasn't bidding 
when I set the snipe bid. :\ Guess I should try to remember to mark them 
with a low bid.

Jay West