E-Bay blues........

[Madfish]

once again, defeat has been snatched from the jaws of victory........
(though at least Fiona will be happy as her camera made an extra £20). However, I did hear that there were special bidding program which put through a higher bid in the dying seconds of the auction.
Does anyone know anything about this and can you point me in the right direction to find one..

Dianne (camera-less and without a nice hooded jacket!!)

[cheryl t]

Yep

Auctionsniper.com - dunno if its still on but if you are recommended by someone, i think you get a couple of free ones. Let me know and I can always recommend you - i would also get a couple of free ones too.

[Prometheus]

Stopwatch and a finger on the bid now button

[Madfish]

I have just found their website. If you PM me your e-mail address, I will put you down as the recommender (as indeed you are) !

I will use it this weekend as there is another camera coming up......

Dianne

[Madfish]

Originally Posted by Prometheus

Stopwatch and a finger on the bid now button

Sadly, that didn't work..I'm going to get tough now!!

Dianne

[Billy the Kangaroo]

Sniping software can be set to fire in with a bid in the last seven or so seconds that's the secret, you would be very lucky to beat them timing manually.

But it's damn frustrating.

If you really want to beat them, dont bid just one increment up from current bid as they will re-bid upto the sniping buyer's limit if there is time.

good luck,

[Janos]

I use www.esnipe.com

You can also put in multiple bids for different lots, and it if you win one it will cancel the rest.

Janos

[Fiona]

Opps sorry Dianne didn't know you were bidding. I haven't heard from the winning bidder yet so you might still be lucky.

Never heard of this sniping thing.

[nickb]

These automatic bidding sites will only bid what you tell them to bid, not automatically win the auction for you.

From what you've written, I suspect you were prepared to pay more for whatever it was you didn't win. If that's the case you should have bid the maximum you were prepared to spend, then you'd have no cause for complaint.

Most experienced eBayers now snipe at the last minute (last few seconds if you've got broadband) in order not to get swept up in a bidding war. The trick is to bid the maximum amount you're prepared to spend. This does not necessarily mean that you will have to cough this much up, it will however give you an edge if someone else is doing the same thing or the winning bidder has actually bid more than eBay is showing as the highest bid.

[recurve]

I reckon on being able to get in within the last 5 seconds, you need to keep an eye on how fast you can refresh the page on your browser, and allow for that with your bid timing.