Chris.B Posted September 18, 2005 Posted September 18, 2005 I'm very new to this Ebay lark so excuse the naive question. Over the last few weeks or so I’ve made bids on a few different things and have always been pipped at the post. Initially I thought “so what” someone was prepared to bid a few quid more than me. However I’m now a little suspicious since looking at the precise time when the “winning” bid was placed it has always seemed to be between 3 and 5 seconds before the auction ended, and from buyers who hadn’t placed earlier bids & always for an obscure amount (eg £103.27) which was just a tad higher than my (or someone else’s) previous one. It looks to my newbie Ebay eye that there’s some sort of web-bot sniping bid thing going on. So you hardcore Ebay’ers - does such a thing exist & where? What tips for winning have you come up? Cheers Chris Quote
Chris.B's Son Posted September 18, 2005 Posted September 18, 2005 Yes there is. Try Auction Sniper. BTW Why didn't you come upstairs & ask me Quote
Eccentric_Rich Posted September 18, 2005 Posted September 18, 2005 There are websites like this Auction Stealer that place a bid on your selected item a few seconds before the auction ends. You simply enter the item you wish to bid on, decide the maximum you're prepared to pay and leave the rest to the website / software. Richard. Quote
Eccentric_Rich Posted September 18, 2005 Posted September 18, 2005 Yes there is. Try Auction Sniper. BTW Why didn't you come upstairs & ask me Beat me to it! Quote
Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman Posted September 18, 2005 Posted September 18, 2005 Yep, started using Auction Sniper a year or so ago after getting fed up with the same thing happening to me. Quote
Chris.B Posted September 18, 2005 Author Posted September 18, 2005 Yep, started using Auction Sniper a year or so ago after getting fed up with the same thing happening to me. What's the difference / advantage in using an Auction Sniper thingy over using Ebays own "enter maximum bid" feature? Quote
Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman Posted September 18, 2005 Posted September 18, 2005 The main reason people use sniping software is to avoid any bids showing till the last few seconds, in the hope of keeping prices down as well as beating others to the sale, I guess. Quote
pistonbroke Posted September 18, 2005 Posted September 18, 2005 BTW Why didn't you come upstairs & ask me Cracker ! ROFLMAO Quote
pistonbroke Posted September 18, 2005 Posted September 18, 2005 Kinell! Av I sniped meself thought you were snipped yrears ago Quote
Coxy Posted September 19, 2005 Posted September 19, 2005 The Ebay forums have a few atricles on this if you can be bothered searching. It can be a bit of a pain, but one bit of advice I was given is dont bid for a bargain, bid to win and if you get a bargain all the better. i.e. put in the most you are prepared to pay and leave ebay to it, if you get outbid so be it (also avoids getting into a bidding war at the death and paying more than you really want to). It depends what you want and how bad you want it, but aiming solely for a really low price leaves you open to getting sniped. At the end of the bay with e-bay, its the highest bid that wins not the last bid. Quote
rm163603 Posted September 21, 2005 Posted September 21, 2005 I always snipe stuff on ebay. As others have said it avoids driving up the price. I've seen a few listing now though where they so no last minute bits... what!!!! Quote
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