Thread: Sniper program ? what do you use ?

I use this awesome program called Ebay. I type in the amount that I want to bid, and it bids for me. If someone else bids and my bid is higher, it automaticly rebids for me up to the maximum amount that I specify. Amazing program.

This is what I use.

bj

I use Bidnapper.It works great and is inexpensive.

I use Myibay.com

it works as a extension on Firefox.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5571

I'm using eSnipe. You buy points, $10 gets you something on the order of 1,000 and the higher dollar amount of the item you win, the more points you pay. A thousand points lasts a long time! You can also set it as to when it "fires," be it 2 seconds before auction's end or 8 seconds, or whatever suits you.

justsnipe.com its free!

Originally Posted by GeauxLSU

I'm using eSnipe. You buy points, $10 gets you something on the order of 1,000 and the higher dollar amount of the item you win, the more points you pay. A thousand points lasts a long time! You can also set it as to when it "fires," be it 2 seconds before auction's end or 8 seconds, or whatever suits you.

May be lasts long time for you, you should takw a peek at my current ebay summary . I need to use a different strategy and ebay in moderation instead of binge ebaying....

Sniping is just another result of Westerm civilization's relentless pursuit of shiny things at any price with a minimum of effort. Snipers suck.

The problem with putting in a high bid early...is that other people's emotions can cost you a lot of money.

Say I've got my eye on an item, and I bid $100.00


Somebody who is very emotional and caught up in the last few minutes of an auction might bid $50.00 with 5 minutes left..and then see he is outbid..and then look at the pictures again and bid $60.00, outbid again... finally he starts thinking about how he could force feed his kids ramen noodles for the next few days to save money..and so he bids $80.00 and is outbid again... now theres 30 seconds left and he says SCREW IT and bids $90.00, and then loses the auction to you, who now is paying $91.00


NOW --- you were willing to spend $100, right? we all know that. however, cheaper is good too, right? OK --- soo.... scenario 2:


Some guy bids $50.00 and he is winning the auction. He feels great and watches it all the way till 10 seconds are left and you fire your snipe for $100.00 and win the auction for $51.00


I'm not saying this happens every time -- but... it DOES HAPPEN OFTEN. people get caught up in the last few minutes of an auction and re-bid over and over again. In this scenario, your early bid may have cost you $40.00


This is of course assuming there are only 2 interested buyers But the same principle applies to auctions with more buyers as well!

Originally Posted by spinyeel

Snipers suck.

If you understand how proxy bidding works then snipers are irrelevant to you as a buyer.

If you don't understand how proxy bidding works, then you are one of the reasons sniping exists.

eBay's Automatic Bidding System (Proxy Bidding)