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Second time this week I missed out on an auction because the app was lagging. I tried putting in a bid well above the winning price and it didn't register in the App. I nearly broke my phone tonight. I'm seething right now. So many four letter words running through my head.
That's something that's happened to the best of us. The lesson is to just put an ebay sniping app on your phone. Put in a max bid that gets placed at 3 seconds before the auction ends. I've enjoyed it a lot, especially for foreign auctions that end at odd times. One thing I've learned after losing out on a lot of auctions, there's always more. Half the time I find a better deal too. What did you lose out on?
The most recent was a lot that just ended containing a MK 33 with natural scales. Something i've been trying to get my hands on for awhile now. Oh well, so it goes. I'll calm down in a few hours I'm sure....maybe
I lost that one too. Haha, I put in for 325. Someone is happy now...
Yeah no kidding, I was going MUCH higher to make sure I got it. Saved me quite a bit but I'm still pretty angry about the app costing me a razor I really want to get my hands on.
My eBay app is always good.
Maybe your connection is to blame?
Perhaps. I'm on Verizon 4G LTE so its either the app or Verizon is full of it about their data speed.
I'm on Verizon also. :shrug:
It has happened to me a couple of times, but generally the app works well. I try to put in my max bids well before the end just to make sure and just let the chips fall where they may:)
I would never use a wireless device for something as important as sniping a deal on Ebay. Nor would I entrust such an important thing with a Microsoft or Apple operating system... they are just too dang buggy for me.
I have NEVER had an issue with Linux and Jbidwatcher, it has always worked flawlessly, as long as I remembered to not allow the computer to go to sleep!
Regards
Christian
I can bid in the last 3 seconds with the app on wii fii, If your on a cell site than you never know how long it's going to take :<0) Been there learned that.
I have never used an app--of any kind.
I certainly don't need one when there are so many sniping websites available.
Happened to me once, that was enough. Was on 3g in a remote area, so no-one heard the profanities...
Had it happen myself on several razors that I was away from the computer and relied on using the phone to bid.Quote:
Originally Posted by scag315
I'm hoping that the one I recently got, wasn't the one you were looking at, as I just grabbed an MK 33 in "natural" scales:
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I have never had any problems and I only use my phone to bid.
Had the same thing happen on a shoulderless Torrey day before yesterday, I've been looking for a 6/8+ in good shape and it went for half of my intended bid. Good luck on your quest for your MK.
No this one ended last night. Beautiful razor by the way.Quote:
Originally Posted by Phrank
I think I need to look into these sniping websites
I never use a sniping tool, as whoever has the highest bid at the last second wins.Quote:
Originally Posted by scag315
Sniping only works if the bid maximum is higher than the bid placed at the last second, if I submit my last bid when the clock hit's 2s and it's higher than all the other final bids, highest bidder wins - sniping tool or not, never lost a razor I really wanted to win.
I agree with Phrank.
You HAVE to set a limit on what you are willing to pay for something.
If you lost by $1 it does NOT mean the other person outbid you by that same dollar. They could have bid $100 MORE than that it is just the next highest bid after your max was what they ended up paying.
Getting outbid is a part of the deal. However sniping is a strategy to avoid people changing their minds and upping their max at the last second. None of that matters if your max bid didn't register in the first place. If the bid goes through and somebody bids higher then that's that, but you never know if your bid doesn't go through the appQuote:
Originally Posted by Chevhead
That's the key right there Andrew, you won't lose if you really want it, TcQuote:
Originally Posted by Phrank
LOL - can't remember if it was 10Pups or JimmyHAD who mentioned once that someone used to routinely just set the max bid at say $1,000 at the last couple of secs, knowing that it might end up $10, $20, $50 bucks more when the auction ended, until that bidder ran into someone did the exact same thing, and the one who ebay registered as the last bidder ended up winning with a final bid of $1,000 USD.Quote:
Originally Posted by tcrideshd
After I read that, was the last time I did something even remotely close to using that tactic.....:rofl2:
I always bid the max I'm willing to pay, but I won't make that bid until the last few seconds. Why? Because bidding early allows someone else to inch the price up, trying to find your maximum instead of just bidding a low price and then hope they get it. I use sniping software so I don't have to sit at the computer in the middle of the night when the auction ends.
Strangely enough, most things I seem to find interesting on Ebay are "Buy It Now" postings and if I want it and the price is fine, I just buy it. I think it's been more than 2 years since I last used my sniping program.
Regards
Christian
So I too dislike the App after having recently just downloaded so that I could check things at work during break in lieu of waiting until I'm home. I've never been a fan of snipping and don't really agree with the concept but it seems to be the norm. My complaint with it is a little different in that I put in my max bid and stick to it, then next thing I know I have several items in my app that appear as outbid that I can't hide cluttering up the items I'm watching unlike the website where I can hide those I'm no longer interested in because they are above my max. It's like the app encourages snipping which I hate. Errrr...
Wade Butcher's 8 8 Shave Ready | eBayQuote:
Originally Posted by Phrank
Ok, what am I missing here. This auction here sounded similar to the scenerio you talked about. However, there was a bid placed after it hit $3507. So why would someone pay $3757 for a $200 razor??? Holy smokes, this ebay stuff is getting ridiculous!
O M G !!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by prodigy
:rofl2:
Well there's two default payments....sheesh, for that price, I'd even part with one of mine!
You know that saying that it takes two people to make an argument? Well, it takes two idiots to make an eBay seller VERY HAPPY!!!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by prodigy
I use Gixen sniper. No problems with it. You just put in your max bid any time befor bidding ends and you can forget about the thing until you find a mail from ebay you won or were outbid.
I use my Android powered Galaxy S3 for everything. Yes, even all of my posts here ";". Anyway. I've tried all three flavors of the bay: app, mobile site, and "desktop version" site. They ALL three return different results, with different sorting/priority to what is returned from any sort of query (i.e. searches AND browsing by category)!
The app was junky, used too many resources on my phone, and included permissions that would allow them to track my activities & habits.
The mobile site is just "meh". It is more responsive, in my experience, than the app. But refining results is, at best clunky & unrefined. I'd say is only has about a fourth (and I'm being generous) of the options that the full sote gives you access to for narrowing results. A great example: I can search by location (like if I put in my zip), but the results that come back are not sorted by any of the following: distance, price, time left, auction vs. BIN!!! It's just some random frackin cacophony of listings!
I have found the full/desktop site to be the most effective and usable of the three. The largest downside I've found thus far is that I can't simply double-tap to quickly zoom in to a comfortable readability like on the mobile site. Instead, pinch-zoom is required. Ah well :shrug:. Could be that the site is irritated by my screen size, and the two are giving each other fits. Still works.
Y'all should give each one 5 to 10 minutes of feature testing, just to see the vast differences I'm referring to.
The razor has been re-listed. Apparently both idiots backed out when they found out the folly of their strategy which was...Quote:
Originally Posted by Utopian
Razor is currently at $700. Idiot1 figures he'll guarantee a winning bid by putting in a high bid of $3507--he doesn't want to pay that much but knows eBay will put him over anyone else's last minute snipe and he will win. Enter Idiot2, who intended to use the exact same strategy but with a slightly higher bid of say, $1,000,000. Again, he does not plan on paying that much but he knows it will guarantee his win.
As soon as Idiot1 places his bid, he becomes the high bidder at $750 and he sits there as the high bidder right up until Idiot2 enters his bid, thinking he will win the razor for somewhere around $760-$800, not realizing that there already was an idiot in the game.
Ebay should block both of those idiots or else for the winner to pay.
Look for a re-list on that sucker. No way high bidder or back-up second chance bidder pays up.Quote:
Originally Posted by prodigy
Absolutely should be blocked. Its not fair to the seller or the legitimate bidders of this item. They should make them pay or be banned from Ebay. But of course no such thing will happen. The seller should at least block them from bidding on the relisted item.Quote:
Originally Posted by Utopian
Unfortunately the seller is the one getting hosed and wasting his time. This is EXACTLY why I don't put in a super high bid that i'm not willing to pay. I'll over pay for something I want (as I intended to) but I'm not going to bid more than i'm willing to spend. The buyer should have to fork it over or have his account locked. Stupid is as stupid does.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hacker7
Well, when I registered with E-Bay back on Jan.13th I was warned By a Member here named Maxx "DO NOT GET THE APP!". So far so good!.
Well I have another to add to the list. A seller messaged me but the app shows no new messages, I know this because my email shows where he sent the message. I relaunched the app after force killing to see if it would resync n refreah my messages but nodda. I logged into the website and there sat the new message
Anyone with an account there feel like sending them a link to this thread in an email to their support staff?? They certainly could learn several issues in short order...
