why dont ebay stop snipe bidding ?

[bc40]

why is ebay the only auction you dont have to register as a bidder ?? every other auction you have register so its fair?? if you made bidder register and pay a fee (taken off first bid) this would stop both snipe and shill bidding . why dont ebay do something to stop it??? is it because they dont care about buyers as long as they make there money . Also how can ebay claim to have fair auction when they have a count down clock that is not the same for buyers as they dont control internet speed some users maybe upto 10 second behind. ebay are aware of this problem but have fail to do anything about it.

[shikades2010]

new here..what is sniping and shilling please????

[k1ooo-slr-sales]

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@shikades2010 wrote:

new here..what is sniping and shilling please????

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sniping . . . . . . having your bid placed in the very last seconds of an auction either manually (by self) or by snipe service.  The aim is to prevent other bidders from having the opportunity to beat your bid with a higher bid.  Sniping will not beat another bid that is placed that is higher than yours.  It also stops a seller from bidding the price up to your maximum as there is no time left for the seller to bid if your bid is placed in the final seconds.  There are online snipe services that will place your bid for you in the last few seconds.  Many of these are free, but do charge if you want to get closer to the end i.e. final 3 seconds.

shilling . . . . . . is when a seller bids on their own items, or gets a family/friend to bid on their items to drive up the price.  The aim is to drive up the price but not win the item.  Shilling is against eBay rules, and reportable selling behaviour.

Best advice from seasoned buyers for both winning auctions and preventing shilling is to bid your maximum one bid as close to the end of the auction as possible.  If your bid is high enough you will win.  If it is not high enough, you were never going to win.  If you say "but if I knew a snipe was going to come in the last seconds and beat me I would have bid again" then you are not bidding your maximum with your one bid.

[lane-ends]

The reason sniping works is that it is rarely just the next bid higher but the buyers maximum, so if you loose to a snipe bid you may think I could have gone one bid higher,  but the reality is the snipe could have been any amount again above final winning bid. Hence the sniper often, but not always, wins it for less than their maximum. If you were willing to bid equal or more than the sniper, and did, you win

[harley_babes_hoard]

I love a good snipe in the last 10 seconds of an auction

[bright.ton42]

So do I.  Hope we don't bid on the same thing, lol. 

[kopenhagen5]

And I often use Gixen if I can't be on the computer near the finishing time.

Simply to not give shilling a chance.

Gixen usually places the bid within the last 5-6 secs.