Anime With Attitude

Every day, hapless bidders get beaten to the punch by auction snipers who jump in at the last minute. I know how annoying it can be, as I once had it happen to me three times in a row on the same item! The thing is that the only people who can help the poor bidders are us, the sellers.The Problem.Bidders will bid on an item and then wait for days until it finishes, only to have someone else outbid them at the last minute. In a traditional auction at a real auction house, this isn?t a problem at all, as the auction keeps going until everyone has bid as much as they want to, and the auctioneer double-checks with the classic phrase ?going, going, gone?.The problem on eBay is caused by the fixed length of time that eBay?s auctions last, and the fact that they aren?t extended affiliate marketing training significantly if someone places a new bid in the last few seconds of the auction. Imagine if a real auction house worked that way, letting people shout ?50 cents more!? at the last second and win an item. It would simply be unfair, and many buyers think it?s unfair on eBay too.The Solutions.Until eBay decide to fix the problem (and by now it?s looking unlikely that they ever will), you?re the only one who can do anything for your buyers.First off, you can encourage your buyers to use eBay?s proxy bidding system the way it was intended. The idea of the system is that they enter the maximum they?re willing to pay for an item and eBay places bids for them automatically up to that maximum. They?re not supposed to come back and bid an extra dollar every time they get outbid.