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Sniping
 The definition: Placing a bid in the closing minutes or seconds of an auction.

Who Can Snipe?
Anyone is able to use this method to win an auction, eBay states that any bid placed before the auction ends is "legal". Experienced eBay buyers use this method often to insure better chances of winner their prized possession.

What is Sniping?
Sniping is the act of waiting until the last possible second to place a bid. Basically the snipers goal is to become the highest bidder in the last secounds of an auction preventing others from having enough time to bid again.

Does Sniping Always Win?
- Nope, not all the time. Since sniping is very precise and happens within seconds of an auction ending if something goes wrong you lose. Your computer can freeze or reboot, the power can go out, eBay could have a 5 second "glitch", you could forget about the auction or get the ending time wrong there are lots of variable that could effect the out come and since this is your only chance to bid it's "all or nothing".
- If some one has a higher maximum bid then you are done for. It doesn't matter how close you leave your last bid if it isn't the highest then you won't win.

Is there an easier way to snipe?
In this day and age there is always an easier way. You can use automated bidding software that will do all the hard work for you. All you do is load up the software and enter your top bid and it will do the rest. Right from logging in to placing the bid in the final seconds.
Here's a list of sniping program:

AuctionStealer
PowerSnipe
RedSnipe
Snipeville
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