Ebay Sniping

[A[L]C]

I used auctionsniper a few days ago, worked well

 

[Sic]

i use auctionstealer but i only use it when i know im going to be out and i really want an item. it takes the fun out of it otherwise

 

[Jamie1984]

never heard of this till now and prolly wont use it, i stick to a budget and i either get it or i dont hehe

 

[dirtydog]

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

That's exactly what I do (different tabs in Firefox) - it can be quite exciting sometimes, it's certainly more fun doing it manually. Although one time recently when I sniped, I bid slightly too late and the auction ended before my bid registered.. oops

 

[A2Z]

i use auctionstealer but i only use it when i know im going to be out and i really want an item. it takes the fun out of it otherwise

i do exactly what he said

 

[Clarkey]

ive used ezsniper a couple of times, lost both auctions, its a good facility though.

 

[Tommy B]

Those sniping programmes are rubbish IMO.

I've been against them loads of times and still managed to win. They NEVER leave it to the "last possible second" in case eBay takes a while to process the bid/load etc

 

[Spyhop]

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

No. Reacting to other people is the stupid way to bid. Decide for yourself the absolute maximum the item is worth and fire it in as your one and only bid at the very end. If it goes higher then you can laugh at the winner for getting ripped off.

Bah, I think people lose track of what's going on with ebay sometimes. You don't win by bidding last, you win by bidding most. Sniping is the best tactic (to get one over on foolish reactionary bidders) but you must also have the money to back it up. Decide your max then manually bid late enough so that other manual bidders don't have time to reply. That's all there is to it!

 

[Treefrog]

That's exactly what I do (different tabs in Firefox)

I thought this is a much better way than how I used to do it, so I've adopted it as well

Although last week I did this and found that someone had put in exactly the same bid as me, but one second earlier!

Oh well, you win some, you lose some.

 

[MikeTimbers]

I don't get this sniping malarkey, to be honest. if I want something I'll put on a maximum bid and leave it well alone. Maybe I pay more for individual items but I'm also never tempted to bid more at the last minute than I originally was prepared to pay.

 

[Sequoia]

I don't get this sniping malarkey, to be honest. if I want something I'll put on a maximum bid and leave it well alone. Maybe I pay more for individual items but I'm also never tempted to bid more at the last minute than I originally was prepared to pay.

Likewise.

To be honest, though, I'm not much of an eBayer, let alone a sniper. The only reason I use it at all is because occasionally something comes up that I can't get elsewhere (I'm a bit of a book collector). Then, I do as you do. I bid to my maximum and if it goes beyond that, oh well. So be it.

But ..... if people can get what they want and save money by sniping, I can see why they would do that. I just can't be fussed.