Ebay Sniping

Tesla · 9 Mar 2006 at 23:04

Does anybody do this?

What do you use to do it? Any recommendations?

Cheers,

Chris

[TW]Fox · 9 Mar 2006 at 23:05

Sniping at Mondeos is bad mmkay.

VeNT · 9 Mar 2006 at 23:06

Tesla said:
Does anybody do this?

What do you use to do it? Any recommendations?

Cheers,

Chris

theres been a few sniping threads,

have a look here

Spyhop · 9 Mar 2006 at 23:12

Tesla said:
Does anybody do this?

What do you use to do it? Any recommendations?

Cheers,

Chris

Aye

My keyboard and mouse.

Decide your absolute maximum and whack it in with a second to go. I can't see what more there is to it.

Windle · 9 Mar 2006 at 23:20

^^ He's talking about automated sniping services which put the bid in at the LAST possible second.

Spyhop · 9 Mar 2006 at 23:24

I know, but what difference does it make? Your only competition that late in the day will be other automated snipers. Then it comes down to who's willing to pay most, which you should always decide before bidding.

danza · 9 Mar 2006 at 23:29

I know, but what difference does it make? Your only competition that late in the day will be other automated snipers. Then it comes down to who's willing to pay most, which you should always decide before bidding.

Seconded.

SB118 · 10 Mar 2006 at 00:51

www.ezsniper.com cracking site (thanks to Feek)

Sniper sites are great as you aren't always there when the auction ends.

dirtydog · 10 Mar 2006 at 03:25

wush said:
I know, but what difference does it make? Your only competition that late in the day will be other automated snipers.

That really is wrong

Then it comes down to who's willing to pay most, which you should always decide before bidding.

It doesn't work like that, due to human nature. Also because some bidders won't consider that they might be sniped, or might not want that item sufficiently to keep close tabs on it. But, if they happen to receive the 'you've been outbid' email with plenty of time left, they might well consider upping their bid. If you bid your maximum at the last second, you guarantee that you pay the least you need to for the item, and sometimes you can get things for much less than they're worth

Dazzy_G · 10 Mar 2006 at 03:29

dirtydog said:
*snip*

is that not what he put in his first post...

dirtydog · 10 Mar 2006 at 03:31

Dazzy_G said:
is that not what he put in his first post...

Not sure tbh - he seemed to be saying that nobody manually snipes. :shrug: maybe I misunderstood, it is late

I always manually snipe, I wouldn't trust the 3rd party sites with my ebay details personally.

Dazzy_G · 10 Mar 2006 at 03:33

wush said:
Aye
My keyboard and mouse.

dirtydog · 10 Mar 2006 at 03:36

So what you're saying is, I should read properly before posting?

DJammyRasta · 10 Mar 2006 at 14:12

wush said:
I know, but what difference does it make? Your only competition that late in the day will be other automated snipers. Then it comes down to who's willing to pay most, which you should always decide before bidding.

yes but say u decide ** max is £30... and the sniper buys the thing for £30.05, surely you would have paid that extra 5p to win

gib786 · 10 Mar 2006 at 14:50

ive been puttin my bids in manually since i started on ebay a few years back, even beat my mate on a bid in the dying seconds eventhough he was using a bid snipe thing, as zach braff says in scrubs - " You gotta want it jhonny d!"

jonahall · 10 Mar 2006 at 15:36

Of course, they are also useful if you are bidding on something that ends at 4 in the morning!

JaFFa · 10 Mar 2006 at 15:37

gib786 said:
ive been puttin my bids in manually since i started on ebay a few years back, even beat my mate on a bid in the dying seconds eventhough he was using a bid snipe thing, as zach braff says in scrubs - " You gotta want it jhonny d!"

bidding against your mate doesnt really benfit anyone apart from the seller surely ?

Seems a bit mean

Matblack · 10 Mar 2006 at 15:39

I got my KEF 200C for £145 using that auction sniping site.

MB

krooton · 10 Mar 2006 at 15:40

I did some wikkid bidding 2 nights ago.

2 browsers open, one on the item, the other at the confirm bid for that item.

Keep refreshing the first page, and at 5-3 seconds, confirm on the other, easy

Supercow · 10 Mar 2006 at 15:47

krooton said:
I did some wikkid bidding 2 nights ago.

2 browsers open, one on the item, the other at the confirm bid for that item.

Keep refreshing the first page, and at 5-3 seconds, confirm on the other, easy

Or just use Hammersnipe ya monkey