flash Posted April 20, 2008 Report Share Posted April 20, 2008 found a reall good bargain on ebay, and realy want to win the bid without having to spend alot. is it ilegal to use a ebay sniper, if not can anyone recomend one. cheers flash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorkshirelad Posted April 20, 2008 Report Share Posted April 20, 2008 found a reall good bargain on ebay, and realy want to win the bid without having to spend alot.is it ilegal to use a ebay sniper, if not can anyone recomend one. cheers flash whats an ebay sniper mate?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flash Posted April 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2008 its a program that makes a bid for u at the very last minute, so it cuts down ur chance of being outbidded Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eagleye Posted April 20, 2008 Report Share Posted April 20, 2008 sniper try this one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorkshirelad Posted April 20, 2008 Report Share Posted April 20, 2008 its a program that makes a bid for u at the very last minute, so it cuts down ur chance of being outbidded i have heard of one of them but never had the pleasure!!! i will watch the out come as i use ebay alot!!!!are you just worried about loosing it or getting it for a low price??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mungler Posted April 20, 2008 Report Share Posted April 20, 2008 If you want something badly PM the seller and see if they will do a cash deal and close the auction. Naughty, but it works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flash Posted April 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2008 i think i may try that approach mungler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taz24 Posted April 20, 2008 Report Share Posted April 20, 2008 No I don't use them and I don't like them. In my opinion it is cheating but ebay do allow them. The reason I do not like them is because it ruins the spirit of the auction. For me the auction is done by people who bid against each other. ebay have a facility to increase the bid to your maximum limit and that should be enough. My views only. If I was selling somthing and it was sniped in the last seconds I proberbaly would not sell the item to that person. Cheers taz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triscrx Posted April 20, 2008 Report Share Posted April 20, 2008 Bidmate is one I use from time to time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciltalgarth Posted April 20, 2008 Report Share Posted April 20, 2008 If you want something badly PM the seller and see if they will do a cash deal and close the auction. Naughty, but it works. I just did i saw some purse nets on another forum and he said they had gone then saw the same user name on ebay selling nets. I contacted him though the forum and made a deal and he pulled them off ebay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suffolk shooter Posted April 20, 2008 Report Share Posted April 20, 2008 Not being a computer geek, what happens then if more than one person is using one of these sniper programs, surely one of them ahas to lose out and therefore it isn't very effective. Mungler I did something similar and got warned off by Ebay after the guy complained. I only asked him where abouts he was so I could arrange to pick it up if I won. SS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flash Posted April 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2008 hes based in cornwall, which aint far from me, and it it does work then it will save me over 100 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Browning GTS Posted April 20, 2008 Report Share Posted April 20, 2008 If you want something badly PM the seller and see if they will do a cash deal and close the auction. Naughty, but it works. We sell a few things on ebay and the normal answer to this is" thankyou for you intrest but we will let the auction run". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
col s10 Posted April 20, 2008 Report Share Posted April 20, 2008 ez sniper works evereytime Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quickshot Posted April 20, 2008 Report Share Posted April 20, 2008 Not being a computer geek, what happens then if more than one person is using one of these sniper programs, surely one of them ahas to lose out and therefore it isn't very effective. You Set The Time Which You Want The Bid To Be Placed At. So One Will Be Before The Other In Theory. QS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
me and my lad Posted April 20, 2008 Report Share Posted April 20, 2008 My views only. If I was selling somthing and it was snipedin the last seconds I proberbaly would not sell the item to that person. Cheers taz. but how would you know if someone used a bid sniper ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
col s10 Posted April 20, 2008 Report Share Posted April 20, 2008 you dont Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob300w Posted April 20, 2008 Report Share Posted April 20, 2008 I use Auctionsniper, it's not unfair, it's not cheating. As in any auction, the person who bids the most wins. You choose the maximum that you are prepared to pay, if somebody outbids you, you lose. How is that cheating? "taz24. My views only. If I was selling somthing and it was sniped in the last seconds I proberbaly would not sell the item to that person." You cannot refuse to sell to the highest bidder, it's a legal contract, why should you? You got the highest price that was bid, how is that a problem to you as a seller? "Quickshot. You Set The Time Which You Want The Bid To Be Placed At. So One Will Be Before The Other In Theory." The time does not matter, the person who bids the most wins, this is what an auction is. "Suffolk shooter, Not being a computer geek, what happens then if more than one person is using one of these sniper programs, surely one of them ahas to lose out and therefore it isn't very effective" Yes, it's that simple, it does not matter how many people use a sniper, the one who bids the most wins the auction, and again, this is what an auction is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiercel Posted April 20, 2008 Report Share Posted April 20, 2008 I use Auctionsniper, it's not unfair, it's not cheating. As in any auction, the person who bids the most wins. You choose the maximum that you are prepared to pay, if somebody outbids you, you lose. How is that cheating? "taz24. My views only. If I was selling somthing and it was sniped in the last seconds I proberbaly would not sell the item to that person." You cannot refuse to sell to the highest bidder, it's a legal contract, why should you? You got the highest price that was bid, how is that a problem to you as a seller? "Quickshot. You Set The Time Which You Want The Bid To Be Placed At. So One Will Be Before The Other In Theory." The time does not matter, the person who bids the most wins, this is what an auction is. "Suffolk shooter, Not being a computer geek, what happens then if more than one person is using one of these sniper programs, surely one of them ahas to lose out and therefore it isn't very effective" Yes, it's that simple, it does not matter how many people use a sniper, the one who bids the most wins the auction, and again, this is what an auction is. The voice of reason. Everything Bob has said is true, but if you use a Sniper site and you place exactly the same amout as another sniper bid, it is the bid that is placed first wins. Most Sniping sites offer free snipes placed between 20 and 10 seconds before the end of the auction. If you want a snipe placed in the last 2 seconds you have to pay for it. the only time I use a sniper site these days is if I am not going to be around for the auction end. The rest of the time I do it manually, it can really get the pulse racing refreshing every couple of seconds to see how high the bids have gone and waiting to click confirm. TC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taz24 Posted April 20, 2008 Report Share Posted April 20, 2008 When people bid a record of the bid is made. when a snipper is used the bidders identity is hidden untill the last second. When bidders bid the seller can see who is bidding and can then vet them as a potential buyer. I had a problem once with a sniper bidder. I placed a motorbike for a friend with a 7 day listing. After the first day the mate wanted to withdraw the bike. I withdrew it a per ebays rules. There were no bids placed on the auction. Sombody though had placed a sniper bid and even though the auction was closed 1 second to the end of the auction his sniper bidded. I had a lot of problems with the bidder. It got very personal but in the end he backed down but not before he had left me bad feedback. So from a personal point of view I do not like them taz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mungler Posted April 21, 2008 Report Share Posted April 21, 2008 Eh, none of that makes any sense? You withdrew a bike but someone bid on it? You can withdraw an auction in good time and the auction closes and disappears i.e. no one has a chance to place a bid. You try and pull and auction either within 24 hours of its closing or when their are bids on it in excess of the reserve and eBay won't let you. You amend the text on the listing to say "Removed from auction sold elsewhere" then that's moody in itself. It normally means I forgot to put a reserve on the bike and it looks like the auction is going South for me, or someone has phoned me up and offered me cash and I want to take it. Either way not in the spirit of ebay? If someone then sticks a bid on it in the dying seconds of the auction and I assume you were not afforded enough time to cancel the bid then that's plain old tough - nothing to do with auction snipers etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob300w Posted April 21, 2008 Report Share Posted April 21, 2008 "taz24. It got very personal but in the end he backed down but not before he had left me bad feedback." This does not make sense either, you cannot leave feedback for anybody unless there has been a completed sale, you maintain that; "I withdrew it as per ebays rules", therefore there was no sale made, ergo, no feedback can be left by either buyer or seller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkield Posted April 21, 2008 Report Share Posted April 21, 2008 If I realy want something, and that has only happened once so far, I wait until the last 30 secs, place my max bid, and that isn't enough I haven't lost out. In these situations it is the seller who wins everytime. The only time I got into a into a duel with anyone was going after a Swarovski scope. I knew my max and it just happened to be more than the the other 2 peoples max. The seller took the risk of ebaying it without a decent reserve, and I got a fantastic scope for £260 off the new price - I was happy, so I didn't realy care about the others Have drink after you go after ebay items, not before would be my advice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted April 21, 2008 Report Share Posted April 21, 2008 sniping software only does what you can do yourself and only works if your max bid is higher than anyone elses. I've not got a problem with them but tend to do what stuart does and just do it myself with 10 seconds to go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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