Quote Originally Posted by mparker762 View Post
That sounds like esnipe's bid group feature. I've used it several times to good effect.

For your pc-based sniping program, how do you keep your pc's clock synchronized with ebay's clock? One advantage of the web-based sniping services is they handle all that for you, so you can pretty reliably cut your snipe window down to only a few seconds.
I don't know how it does it... all I know is it asks if you want to sync to ebays clock and if you say yes it does. I'd guess it uses the same technique the online guys use.

Honestly, I think the hoopla over latency and how fast the online guys are compared to a pc-based program is mostly marketing hype. Once you're inside 4-5-seconds of auction end it doesn't much matter what snipe approach you're using... it's what your max bid is that determines whether you win or lose. I can be inside 4-sec just eyeballing it manually. Most of the auctions I lose are because I won't bid high enough to win... so when I place my max bid has little to do with it (unless there's a tie or it's a multiple quantity auction). I'm not throwing rocks at the on-line services... lots of people use them and love em. I'm just sharing that I've been happy with what I use... and it's free... and it happens to run on my PC.