oh I know a lot of people use them, but there are millions of buyers on ebay, so 2K people is a small amount. I just very rarely ever witness sniper services being used on the products I buy and the products I sell.I think more people snipe than you know.
I'm on 3 eBay groups, one of them has over 2k members, and in polls I have seen that the majority in all 3 use sniper services.
I wasn't assuming, I'm using examples. The entire Bidding board on Ebay uses them. People on a local message board here use them. I was just using the example of the ammount of people who use them compared to the amount of buyers on eBay worldwide. There will always be an unknown number, but they aren't taking over.you can't assume that the people on those groups are the only ones though! I didn't say the majority of all eBayers use snipers, just saying I think more people use them than you might think
It can only work in your favor to disclose your reserve price.
If the person is not willing to pay your reserve price, that prevents wasting both the buyer's and seller's time. (the buyer will probably stop watching the item, and then seller won't see them watching the item as a potential buyer) If the person is willing to pay your reserve price, well, you've got a sale on your hands. He/she will either bid high enough during the auction, or you can communicate post-auction.
As both a buyer and seller, I can only see the upside of the reserve price being public information. I have made many sales to people both during the auction and after by disclosing it. It just doesn't seem beneficial for it to be "secret" information.
oh I know a lot of people use them, but there are millions of buyers on ebay, so 2K people is a small amount. I just very rarely ever witness sniper services being used on the products I buy and the products I sell.