[obiwan1129]

I've dithered for years on sniper services. I've had my account 20+ years and wouldn't use my main account. I wouldn't want to lose it. I'd have to build up a new profile to throw the sniper service onto. Other than scheduling a last second bid, what is the benefit? I can appreciate folks who do this in volume, for me personally I am bidding on 1-2 items at any given time.

Lately I have taken to bidding in the last minute on auctions I am really interested in. I try to go in with a set maximum amount and see what happens. I set a reminder on my phone about 10-15 min before the end of the auction.

For selling, I don't bother with auctions anymore. I did a very cursory comparison on completed auctions version BIN and found higher prices typically with the BIN sales. Sure, every now and again you get a bidding frenzy but more often than not I found I was disappointed by the auction proceeds.