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This absolutely does work. If you get outbid normally on eBay, say at least half an hour or so before the auction ends, then people get irrational and you quickly end up in a bidding war. This way, as a bidder, you set the maximum price you are willing to pay outside of a heated 'damn, I missed out' mentality and people don't have time to respond.

Also this helps when placing bids on auctions that end when you're asleep and you want to effect the above. I've tried to do it manually in the past but naturally life intervenes and you're somewhere with no signal or in the middle of something. Having tried it both ways sniping is definitely better than regular bidding.




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