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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by johnhaas excuse my ignorance, but could someone define "sniped" in the context of eBay? Thank-you much! John [/quote] John, what some people call "sniped" is actually someone bidding at the very end and winning the auction; actually it's more like a live auction where you are outbid by someone else. I think people think Ebay should be like a "tender" type purchase rather than an auction where you put in your maximum bid once and that's it but actually it's more like a live auction; the only problem is that alot of people can't be around at the very end so they get disappointed when some one out bids them right at the very end. A "snipe service" is a person/company that watches your auction (what you are trying to purchase) and bids right near the end of the auction up to the amount that you would bid yourself. Most of these services charge a percentage of the purchase price even if they get beat and they do sometimes. Hope this helps explain it a little better
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