Ebay bid snipers?

[JOEPRO]

I've lost a couple of important ebay auctions lately. I normally bid myself in the last few seconds with the max £ I want to spend.

But poor phone signal and a poor ebay android app means it looks like im OK to bid, seconds counting down then it says "oops there's a problem" and won't let me bid.

So basically I'd be better using a bid sniper. Any good ones out there please? Do they charge much?

 

[tom2207]

In the good old days I used to use , auction sniper , but some times it didnt work , so now I put on my bid and just let things run.

 

[Migmac]

In the good old days I used to use , auction sniper , but some times it didnt work , so now I put on my bid and just let things run.

I’m the same, put my max bid on a item and let it run

 

[Bobtail4x4]

I still use auction sniper, they try to get you to use the paid service, but its still free,
never had one not work,

 

[mart]

I’m the same, put my max bid on a item and let it run

I'm with the same system as Tom2207
and Migmac.

@JOEPRO
We all like a bargain price, it's human nature. But it is disappointing if we lose the item due to trying to get something as cheap as possible.

If I really want the item, I put my Max bid on. Keep in mind that if you put a high bid on,the ebay system only takes what is necessary for you to win the bid.

 

[Jaeger_S2k]

The one I've always used, and supported occasionally. It's very effective.
Android and Edge Plugin available, also web based.

 

[Mike B]

Gixen

 

[JOEPRO]

I'm with the same system as Tom2207
and Migmac.

@JOEPRO
We all like a bargain price, it's human nature. But it is disappointing if we lose the item due to trying to get something as cheap as possible.

If I really want the item, I put my Max bid on. Keep in mind that if you put a high bid on,the ebay system only takes what is necessary for you to win the bid.

Yes I Understand the max bid amount on ebay. But someone else bidding can pretty quicky just bid above that and expose your max amount well before the auction ends then if you get caught up in a bidding war you end up paying over the odds.

Manually placing my max bid in last few seconds works well for me. But a sniper would automate this process.

 

[Seadog]

I always snipe manually. Usually successfully. As said, if you bid early, you can create interest and a bidding frenzy.

 

[gaz1]

im a last second bid sniper and yes ive been beaten on a few items

ive also been beaten by ebays changes to there system so people can use bid snipers in there bidding on an item

ebay also brought in a double click to bid which also made it harder but on some web explorers you can use the double click function

when i first started bidding i was at the last 2 seconds ive had to upgrade to the last 5 seconds to make a bid otherwise it dosnt go through and thats ebay and there servers fault

a note has to be said as well using phone internet is not a good way to bid but using a fast computer and a direct wire to the pc is one of the fastest but you also have to know the milliseconds to bid on an item

ive actually been beaten by ebays servers which didnt except my bid yet i had the time to bid on an item the last update on ebay peeved me off which was a double click bid needed to make a bid

the make a bid then it brings up a new box saying are you sure would you like to make it higher box now that is annoying

 

[MattF]

As said, if you bid early, you can create interest and a bidding frenzy.

I always class that is that it's simply not meant to be, if you're outbid.

 

[gaz1]

if you bid early, you can create interest and a bidding frenzy.

i can class that as shill bidding

bids done by friends who dont want the item

sometimes you get an earlier bid and its genuine but mostly its not

and ive caught the shill bidders

 

[Farside]

So basically I'd be better using a bid sniper. Any good ones out there please? Do they charge much?

snip.pl
They charge a couple of cents per successful bid, a tenner lasts me a decade.
Note the reliability of some of the services, I've never had a problem with this lot.

 

[Jaeger_S2k]

The one I've always used, and supported occasionally. It's very effective.
Android and Edge Plugin available, also web based.

This is Gixen.

 

[rtcosic]

The one I've always used, and supported occasionally. It's very effective.
Android and Edge Plugin available, also web based.

Gixen

This is the one SWMBO uses.

I used to use a different one - I forget which -but they reduced the number of free snipes per month to an impractically low number.
However, when I checked, I hadn't used eBay for at least 4 years.

Amazon, direct online shops, internal Club listings and Facebook marketplace now seem to be enough.

I have a recollection from years ago that I used eBay's own system to set my maximum bid and it went straight to the reserve even though the other bid was nowhere near it.

 

[Kram]

Use the ebay website and make sure you have a good signal or wifi for your last second bids.
I dont like automatic auction snipers, never tried using one but its cheating.

Or the proper way is to put your max bid in early, often do that if I cant bid at the auction close. Particually on low value unimportant items.

 

[Memmeddu]

im a last second bid sniper and yes ive been beaten on a few items

Same here I just put the clock alarm 1 minute before the expiry
Refresh the page few times
And on the last 30 seconds I place my offer Wich is the maximum I'm willing to pay for something.
Confirm on the last 10 seconds, at this point the other offers can't place another one if not using bots.
It works fine for me I just don't take it too seriously if I win I'm happy but if not it just wasn't for me and an idiot paid too much for it
I won many auctions but lost a bunch more.
Sometimes you cannot really win.
Bots should be banned IMHO but they'll never do that because they take a slice of the cake so the higher the final price the bigger the slice.
It's frustrating especially when you loose for a couple cents (guess why bots)
But I don't want to pay the extra 0.01 euro to win because even so I'm overpaying something.

 

[Pete.]

I've never used a sniper but I'm going to after my last debacle.

For anyone else who missed it, the seller had someone put in a massive bid to discover my max bid amount, then cancelled that bid and immediately (as in 40-odd seconds later) re-bid just below my max bid amount, thus guaranteeing that they would get at least the amount I was willing to pay even if there was no other interest.

 

[Memmeddu]

Use the ebay website and make sure you have a good signal or wifi for your last second bids.
I dont like automatic auction snipers, never tried using one but its cheating.

Or the proper way is to put your max bid in early, often do that if I cant bid at the auction close. Particually on low value unimportant items.

Agree about cheating but offering your maximum from the start is another thing I don't like personally, I do understand the inability to bid at last second but doing so if not overbid before you are practically cheating too
Because we see the highest bid yet and usually bid a little more and done at last seconds it practically like playing against a bot

 

[cheb]

I use this one: Bid Sniper - FREE online auction site sniping software esniper ebay snipe site e snipe auctions ebay auction sniper site bid sniper free auction

It's free and I've not yet run out of bids. I can't see how it cheating, it's same as me waiting until the last minute to bid but I haven't got to be sat in front of my computer when it happens. I set it for my maximum bid and if I don't win then I wouldn't have won if I'd entered the bid myself.