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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Prowler573" data-source="post: 1930487" data-attributes="member: 561023">I would argue that honor plays no part in the process one way or the other. Any bid placed, regardless of the time left on the auction clock, is a valid bid according to eBay. eBay is not a traditional Going, Going, Gone!-type of auction like what you would find at a live auction house.Every bidder interested in any given item is provided with the exact same information. Said information includes the exact moment that the listing will come to a screeching, grinding halt. Armed with that information they have the same opportunity as anyone else to toss their bid in and see how it goes. I find no dishonor in placing my bid in such a manner that other bidders, whether actively bidding or merely watching, do not have the opportunity to place a counterbid in an attempt at besting me. If they were willing to bid higher then they had plenty of opportunity to do so throughout the course of the listing whether that be a 1 day, 3 day, 5 day, 7 day, or 10 day listing. Where is the dishonor in my choosing to utilize the final 5 seconds of that several day-long timeframe?Furthermore ~ those who regularly practice sniping 99 times out of 100 end up being THE fastest payers once a listing is won. Sellers love that.Having said all of that ~ I do not see much difference in my using a service to place a bid for me if I cannot be in front of a computer with a live 'Net connection at the endtime for a listing. Someone who places their bid in the first moments of a listing is allowing eBay to continually bid for them  until the maximum amount of their proxy is bested (technically a 3rd party doing that job rather than the user themselves) so how is using eSnipe really that different?</blockquote>

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