Thread: I'm so sick of sniping software!!!

I've lost out in the last 10 seconds of I have no idea how many auctions in the last month or two and usually only by $1 or less. Do you have any idea how much it hurts to sit as high bidder for 3-5 days only to lose the stupid thing in the last seconds of the sale?! Today finally clinched it for me...I lost a fantastic Genco to a bid exactly $0.01 more than mine 4 seconds before the auction ended and then 30 minutes later I lost a Dubl Duck to a bid $1.00 higher than mine. Is it just me or does it seem like sniping software is cheating...I mean if I'm not sitting there at the end of my bids my wife is sitting here with me on the phone (usually from work) monitoring my auctions as they end. I mean...how are we supposed to compete with this shit?!

That being said I'm of the "sniping software should be banned, and anyone found to be using it should have their eBay account suspended" camp, but I'm coming to grips with the fact that that will never happen. So I guess the question here is what is the best software to go against my own sense of morality and give me a fighting chance at this stuff? I'm so anti-snipe that I'd much prefer not to PAY for a service because that would be WAY too evil so I'm mostly interested in free services.

If I start winning some good stuff instead of losing everything pretty much all the time, then I might consider converting to the "sniping rocks" camp and consider paying for a better service.

I'm not complaining Gawker, but to put things in perspective, you sniped me on that I X L Wostenholm just recently. When I'm sniped I just figure it wasn't meant to be!
Besides I have plenty of razors.

Mark

Well seeing as how I do all my bidding IRL, I can't fess up to "sniping" you Mark However I do apologize for yanking that blade from your grasp and suggest getting your eBay name added to the SRP eBay list as I NEVER bid on a razor that a fellow SRP member has already put a bid on. If it makes you feel any better she's a real beast! I've been working on honing it up for the past several days (that's the one I was discussing with you in the other thread believe it or not) and test shaved with it before work today. It shaved OK but was a bit rough so I worked on it some more this evening after work and I'll try it again in a day or two when my face cools off.

As to the "not meant to be" I bought that for quite a while but I'd much prefer to see that my bid isn't going to get it early on instead of drooling over it fro DAYS before getting it ripped away from me at the last possible second. That's my only real gripe is that it sucks to win something forever and lose it 4 seconds out

BTW I'm prolly going to be re-scaling her in the next couple of weeks as the scales were pretty shabby. I'll be sure to post some pics of the finished product as soon as possible.

Thats the trick!! to get you drooling over something you never considered buying before that moment, and then when you win you feel more confident to try again and when you lose you get even more determined to win the next item. and so it goes until you have to declare bankruptcy or you learn a little self control.
my ex never learned the self control part. by the way, my ebay name is mechanobaker and anyone who wants to bid against me, well, that's fine by me.


Mark

You have two options with sniping. Either place the max bid you are willing to pay, meaning if you get beat it was more than you were willing to spend, or just don't use ebay. I generally don't bid on items until the last minute or two, but I don't use software, I do it myself. I've seen numerous items go well above what I intended to pay, and so I never bid at all. And I don't want to contribute to a price being driven up by bidding early in the auction.

RT

I like sniping software, and frankly I don't see anything unethical or unfair about it. Its just bidding on an item through a second party.

For me, I like it because I won't get involved in bidding wars. It ends up saving me time and money as I just set my bid and forget about it. If it gets beat, then it gets beat and I don't worry about it.

As for free software I don't know of any (but would appreciate it if someone did ). I guess you could just snipe an item yourself waiting until there's about twenty seconds or so left before you put in your bid.

There was a thread on here not too long ago about a free internet based sniping program. It sounded easy to use, and if I ever have the free cash to give into my RAD (and Gary doesn't put anything nice up) I will be using it. I also fear dirving up the price over value by bidding too early.

I use an app to bid with. The main reason for this is that I can change my mind on my decision to bid up until the last min.
The only thing that I do feel is unfair about them is that if you bid on eBay there's a set minimum on an item were as on the app you can win by the 1 and 2 cents.

Get on board, enter higher bids, or get off the boat. I use www.gixen.com , you should check it out.

Just my 2 cents here but I don't mind guys using it. I can beat it if I really want something. I never used it but felt it a few times. The key is not in the last 10 or 20 seconds but in the last 2 or 3. MAX bid what your top price is and if you don't get it you didn't want it bad enough. For those who hate it I say run em up. I have bid a few dollars on junk and seen what I thought was a software bid. It takes some guts but I ran 1 up 40 dollars more than it was EVER worth and felt a whole lot better after that. I am over it now and have my style. It goes like this. If I want it, your not going to get it. I'll just pay to much for it LOL. Now if I lose I can laugh and think, "BOY that sucker is worse than I am."