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Valued Member
United States
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How many of you use sniping programs on your e-bay bids? I just got nailed at the last second and I am thinking about using a sniper program. If you use one which one do you use and how has it performed for you? Moved to ebay discussions by Metalman |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I use auctionsniper each and every time I use ebay and have about a 92%-95% success rate using it. The only reason I haven't won each and every item I used the sniping program on is because I didn't bid enough to outbid someone that had already placed a bid on the items |
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Valued Member
United States
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If I really want a coin, I wait until one or two hours of the closing time and then submit my top bid instead of trying to nickel-and-dime the bids. If you bid too early, some nerd with nothing better to do will bid you up one increment at a time to rob you of a bargain. In the end, whoever is willing to pay the most for the coin gets it, whether or not a sniping program is used. It is best to do some price research first. I have seen dealer's prices substantially lower than prices paid for the same coin in the same grade on an ebay auction. For example, I recently bought a 1707 half crown in VG for $40 by submitting my top bid in a listing with a short closing time within one hour of closing. I see another 1707 half crown in VG which has been listed for five days being slowly bid upward until the current price is now $90. Do not get caught up in the hype or in a bidding war. The only real "winner" is the seller. |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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I can't see much point in a sniping program.
If you make a bid for your maximum amount just near the end you will either get it at just over the next highest bid or someone will overbid you.
If you use a sniping program and have the same maximum then.......(think about it).
Only difference I can see is the exact timing.
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What will happen when two snipes (attempting to keep under the same limit) are both operating?
I suspect it will come down to whoever has the slowest internet connection -but I am willing to stand corrected by someone who knows something about it.
Jeff
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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You are correct in a way Jeff. But if you place your maximum bid earlier in the auction, someone can find out what it is by bidding over and over or just going higher. Sniping allows the auction to stay low(hopefully), and nobody will in essence know your maximum unless someone has a higher snipe. "auction fever" steps in quite often, and people do not like to be outbid. A lot of times they will just keep bidding just to try to win. For example, if an auction is at $200 and you're willing to go as high as $400, there is no reason to place a $400 bid at that time. To me, it is best to place a snipe at $400 and see what happens. Bids illicit bids as a general rule. If someone tries to see what my bid is, it will not only raise the price prematurely, it will also raise the bid numbers.
Which brings me to my next point. If I'm not mistaken, if there are two snipes, the one with the higher bid will win. I always set my snipes to be an odd number just for this reason. If they are identical snipe bids, I'm not sure who would win. Bobby may know that answer. Or someone else here of course.
Hopefully this makes sense to you. Oh, and welcome to the forum.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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if there are 2 identical snipes then the snipe that got placed first wins (no matter if its 1 second before the next one)
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The question is:
Do you use a sniping program for ebay?
No. If I see something on ebay I want, I bid then and there. Once. I bid the maximum I'm prepared to pay, and then sit back and wait. If I get outbid, who cares? It means someone else wants it for more than I'm prepared to pay. I never place a second bid on a coin; I refuse to be sucked in by the ebay mentality that says "C'mon, only a couple more dollars... a couple more... and a couple more...". If somebody "shills me up", either the seller illegally using an alt ID or an ambit bidder, who cares? I'm on ebay looking for coins I can't get by any other means, I'm not expecting bargains. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I snipe to rob those people who bid-up a few dollars at a time from stealing an auction or increasing my costs. When you place a bid with 2 seconds left, they have no room to maneuver. By the way, check out c-net for sniping tools.
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Posted 11/10/2007 2:39 pm
