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its not the real snipers, heck I have done it in the past as well, but the people who use sniping apps. It does asll the work for them, UGH. 

What really gets me about ebay is when you are watching something, planning to see where it ends up at, and then falling asleep and not bidding...and seeing the winning bid well under what you had planned to do...

Sometimes, I consider making the other person pay more a victory in and of itself. One time, back around 2007 or so, I forced somebody to pay $80 for a rare 1/64 NASCAR diecast. I later got a copy of the same car, for $25, on a diecast forum that no longer exists. Outbid me, will you? I know it's a bit of a pyrric victory, but so what. 

Traders who wait to receive before sending, without telling the other person they'll be dooing this. 

I've dropped that stealth bomb a few times myself. If it's something I REALLY want and I can watch the end of the auction, I'll sit there with a bid ready to one-click in case someone tries to snipe me. It's worked a few times too (and man did it make me happy). I'll usually only do it if the price is already near the top of my previous bid. That's actually how I got the SN50 "S" in my Jimmie Johnson nameplate set. It was the last one I needed and the one with the lowest SN.

This one: https://www.tcdb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/56305/cid/4907025/2009-Press-Pass-Eclipse---Solar-Swatches-SSJJ5-Jimmie-Johnson-S?PageIndex=1

I'd been trying to get that card for 2 years and got sniped 3 times. It WAS NOT going to happen again. Someone bumped my price with 5 seconds to go and CLICK. I won the card for only $2 more than my original bid. I'm sure that sniper was so mad. I don't make it a habit though. I usually bid what I'm willing to pay and that's it. But I haven't been on ebay in a long time now, probably close to a year.