harrycatcat1 Posted August 17, 2013 Report Share Posted August 17, 2013 I have heard that there are websites that folks use to make bids on such as fleebay. Let me try and explain I put a bid in for something a short while ago and I was outbid in the last 10 seconds of the auction, so its left so you cant up your bid. I am not saying they are wrong because in retrospect I should have put more money in the bid. Do you use one of these sites and how do they work? Regards Hcc ps I dont even know what they are called. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandspider Posted August 17, 2013 Report Share Posted August 17, 2013 They're called snipers, or similar. One I've used in the past is goofbay.com. You give it your ebay login details, tell it what item you want to bid on, how much you want to bid and how long before auction ends, and it'll do it for you. (Usually). They have been known not to work for no obvious reason. And you'll still be beaten by a higher bid made before / after. Stops the risk of bidding more than you mean to last minute though, and is useful if you'll be out of touch when an auction finishes... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrycatcat1 Posted August 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2013 They're called snipers, or similar. One I've used in the past is goofbay.com. You give it your ebay login details, tell it what item you want to bid on, how much you want to bid and how long before auction ends, and it'll do it for you. (Usually). They have been known not to work for no obvious reason. And you'll still be beaten by a higher bid made before / after. Stops the risk of bidding more than you mean to last minute though, and is useful if you'll be out of touch when an auction finishes... Thanks for that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aris Posted August 17, 2013 Report Share Posted August 17, 2013 I've used goofbay (now called goofbid). Works well, but did fail once. It is a free service - there are paid-for ones too but i'm unsure if they are any more reliable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amateur Posted August 17, 2013 Report Share Posted August 17, 2013 Why would you need this? If you enter a bid of the maximum that you are prepared to pay, you will only pay the value of the second highest bid plus the bidding difference. I've often scooped an item this way and never paid my maximum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aris Posted August 17, 2013 Report Share Posted August 17, 2013 It prevents people from upping your bid. If you pre-enter your maximum bid, someone may keep trying to bid against it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodo123 Posted August 17, 2013 Report Share Posted August 17, 2013 I'll just hand over my ni details, bank details, address etc to a website not well publicized to do with what they want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aris Posted August 17, 2013 Report Share Posted August 17, 2013 Goofbid just need your eBay login details to proxy the bid for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruno22rf Posted August 17, 2013 Report Share Posted August 17, 2013 Its simple enough-the sites are financed, I guess, by advertising and simply bid ,normally, about 5 secs from the end of the auction-great if you are at work or asleep. They normally only fail if an item receives a lot of bids in the last few seconds-but this can happen just as often if you bid manually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muddy Funker Posted August 18, 2013 Report Share Posted August 18, 2013 I use lot snipe all the time and its brilliant. You don't need to show your hand till the end of the auction and you don't needs to be near a computer. Swipe things out from under people's noses lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balian Posted August 18, 2013 Report Share Posted August 18, 2013 I have used Hammersnipe for a few years now. Very handy, you can enter you maximum bid a week or so before the auction end, forget about it and it bids for you with seconds to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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