>>7489829>>7490027>>7490481The way I look at it is, the idea with ebay is you bid the highest amount you would pay, rather than in a real auction where you bid, someone else bids, you bid again, etc. Like, if you look at this thing and go "I'd pay $100 for this max", then you bid $100. So using this idea, if anyone snipes you, and beats you, they were willing to pay more than you were willing to spend anyway.
I mean I know what you mean if you bid on something, and then you think "I would have paid more than the sniper did" even though you already bid your maximum, etc. Like with a real auction they try to get you to pay more than you're willing to spend, so when you're outbid at your maximum you could be like "well just one more bid".
I think ebay or some other auction site use to have a feature that would extend the auction another X minutes if someone bid in the last Y seconds to try and stop sniping (and try to get you to pay just that little bit more like I mentioned a real auction does above).
I hate it when I'm winning and then someone snipes and I still win. Like thanks for making me pay an extra $20.
On the other hand when I'm the seller I love that shit.
