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Personally, I like eSnipe. Very reliable, and it works the same as all of the others here.

FWIW, I'm sure that the "max bid plus $5" will not work in any situation other than when the bid...

Yea, I'm going to try to find the right person to ask. Thanks again!

Mark, the ebay random alpha code is random, but it is consistent across auctions, so n***t is certainly the same guy in both auctions. If you don't believe me, you can also compare the number of...

That's right, he has to have a "failsafe" or some other kind of protection written into the program, or he'd get clobbered with some ridiculous bids now and then. That goes without saying.

The...

I didn't realize that there was this much software support for trading functions on eBay. I think this is what n***t is using here, and it's probably not a very difficult program to write. Just...

Whoa, what is "the eBay api"?!? Is this some kind of programming language that you can use for eBay bidding? I'd love to learn more if you have a link you can share. Thanks!

Kees, look at the auction that I've referenced in post #12 above, or look at this one:

Vintage "ESCHER" WATER Razor Sharpening Hone/ Stone - eBay (item 260595484018 end time May-08-10 13:17:34...

Because I've only found these two auctions where n***t actually lost, and the only reason he lost is, apparently, having multiple snipers participating in the auction thows off his strategy.

But...

That's an interesting theory -- but I researched that too, and I don't think it is correct.

If I can paraphrase, you're saying that even though his final, maximum bid is $300, eBay does not show...

Again, I'm not explaining this well, so please excuse the misunderstanding.

The reason you know that n***t did not snipe $400 with a time of t-:02 or :01 is because, if he did, he would have won...

Sorry to disagree, but I'm probably just not explaining this very well.

The bidder I'm talking about in both auctions is n***t, and he did not win either one of the auctions I'm citing! That's...

But look at the amounts he bid with 1 or 2 seconds to go -- $296.87 and $273.13. Both of these figures are NOT round numbers and happen to be EXACTLY $5 greater than the actual bid that was showing...

I've been noticing something strange in the past few auctions for hones that I've bid on, and I wanted to ask the smarter people here whether I am missing something. If it's what I think it is, then...