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I keep getting done out of auctions in the last few seconds so does anyone know a reliable sniper program for ebay that I could use?
 
Ripper^ said:
I keep getting done out of auctions in the last few seconds so does anyone know a reliable sniper program for ebay that I could use?
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Why not just put in a higher bid?

If you bid the maximum you're prepared to pay, one of two things will happen :-

- it'll go for more than that, in which case you haven't lost out because you weren't prepared to pay as much as somebody else, or

- you'll win the item.
 
I just make sure I'm there when the auction is due to finish and snipe manually ;)
 
I posted this in another thred...
It's a psychological thing.

Say for example (taking the two people's names I can see directly above this window) that Muban is selling something that both DiG and I really want.

I'm prepared to pay a tenner for it. DiG doesn't really know how much he wants to pay and hasn't thought about an upper limit. He puts a bid on for a fiver a couple of days before the auction.

I know that I'm not prepared to pay more than £10. I set a maximum bid of £10 shortly after DiG has placed his bet. Because of the way eBay works, it increases the bid to £5.50. DiG sees this, thinks about it and bids £6. My bid is automatically increased to £6.50 and so on and so on. When DiG bids at £10.50 it overrides my bid and because I've set my maximum and walked away he wins the auction.

Alternatively, DiG puts his bid on for a fiver. I set my sniping software to put my maximum bid on of £10.

Five seconds before the end of the auction, my bid of £10 is placed. Because of how eBay works, DiGs bid of £5 is beaten by my bid of £10, but the bid of £5.50 is all that is placed.

I win the auction for £5.50 because DiG hasn't had a chance to see my bid and respond to it.

I'm happy because I've won the auction at less than I was prepared to pay. Muban is happy because her item has suddenly had an increased bid at the last moment. DiG is annoyed because I outbid him in the last few seconds.

I think that explains it.
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I use ezsniper as well and I trust it.

K.
 
argh! excuse the multi-posting...^^

that's what i do, but manually, unless i'm going to be out when an auction's ending. i NEVER bid until the last 20/30 seconds of an auction...otherwise you're just increasing the potential price you'll end up paying!
 
Sequoia said:
Why not just put in a higher bid?

If you bid the maximum you're prepared to pay, one of two things will happen :-

- it'll go for more than that, in which case you haven't lost out because you weren't prepared to pay as much as somebody else, or

- you'll win the item.
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What he said ^. I hate all this sniping nonsense. Theres a perfectly good bidding system built in. Its supposed to be an auction. I think they should be banned.
 
As above I really don't see the point of snipers. Yopu now what you'r willing to pay, so just bid your max. Either you win it or you dont. If you bid like this in the last 10mins your not going to raise the price iether.
 
I just looked at this as there is a guitar i'm after that ends tonight! I've lost out on the same one 3 times :(

.. but giving them your ebay user ID and password ehhh - NO!
 
I'll always choose my max price before I bid, I'll then insert that bid in the last 10-15 seconds of the auction, if someone out-snipes me, fair dinkum, they've overpaid. I don't see the point in setting your max bid any earlier, you're open to shill bidding for a start.

Saying that, I don't actually use ebay any more, I've got enough crap as it is and selling anything is a 'mare.
 
I do it manually too........I have two pages of ebay open, in the first page i keep an eye on the timer (hitting F5) and then In the last few seconds! on the 2nd page I just click on "confirm maximum bid". :)


Always works for me
 
Yup, just done it manually on two auctions here too. Last few minutes of the auction I up my maximum bid. Unless the other parties are paying attention, they get an unexpected surprise. Both of these are quiet auctions though so I'm not expecting any surprises.
 
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