are there any free ebay sniping programs

[holden j caufield]

I am tired of getting sniped

 

[RossMAN]

JustSnipe.com and AuctionStealer.com

Becareful which sniping service you use since you have to trust them with your eBay username and password.

 

[EagleKeeper]

Figure out the maximum you are willing to pay and let E-Bay handling the bidding from there.

 

[rh71]

sniping is the only way to bid, unless you have somewhere to be when the auction is about to end. They put a timer in there - use it.

 

[brandonbull]

You can't snipe. It is a scam to get bidders to become last second impluse buyers and spend more than they should.

 

[Schadenfroh]

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=33&threadid=2008513&enterthread=y

 

[brandonbull]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=33&threadid=2008513&enterthread=y

That's called being outbid. His max bid was $X and someone came along and bid $Y.

IF YOU WANT THE ITEM, PUT A HIGH $ AMOUNT AS YOUR MAX BID AND THEN EBAY WILL TAKE CARE OF THE REST.

 

[Special K]

Originally posted by: EagleKeeper
Figure out the maximum you are willing to pay and let E-Bay handling the bidding from there.

Yeah, but sniping takes care of the people who don't put in their max bid right away, and instead keep incrementing $5 at a time. With a sniper, they don't get a chance to do that.

 

[EagleKeeper]

Originally posted by: Special K

Originally posted by: EagleKeeper
Figure out the maximum you are willing to pay and let E-Bay handling the bidding from there.

Yeah, but sniping takes care of the people who don't put in their max bid right away, and instead keep incrementing $5 at a time. With a sniper, they don't get a chance to do that.

They do not know what they are willing to bid then.
E-Bay loves that attitude - the complete intent of the way an auction works,
Have people get into a bidding war to pay more than they originally planned.

 

[brandonbull]

Originally posted by: EagleKeeper

Originally posted by: Special K

Originally posted by: EagleKeeper
Figure out the maximum you are willing to pay and let E-Bay handling the bidding from there.

Yeah, but sniping takes care of the people who don't put in their max bid right away, and instead keep incrementing $5 at a time. With a sniper, they don't get a chance to do that.

They do not know what they are willing to bid then.
E-Bay loves that attitude - the complete intent of the way an auction works,
Have people get into a bidding war to pay more than they originally planned.

Some people call it a bidding war others call it sniping. I call it a scam and suckers are pulled right into it. The only thing missing is an email from a Nigerian Prince needing help getting his $10M out of a bank.

 

[Old Hippie]

You get the first three wins free at Auction Sniper

 

[Mo0o]

why not just bid as much as you're willing to pay? dont have to worry about getting sniped then

 

[SirChadwick]

Originally posted by: Mo0o
why not just bid as much as you're willing to pay? dont have to worry about getting sniped then

If you bid as much as you're willing to pay from the beginning of the auction... you end up losing money this way. Either someone will keep bidding until their bid tops yours or they'll bid until they think it's not worth bidding anymore. That's basically just giving away money. Sniping is the smartest way to go about it. When people see more interest in a particular auction, they're more likely to bid. (eg. i wait until the last second to snipe an auction and I win for $100... if I had placed my highest bid at the beginning for $150 and others wanted to beat it out, they may have bid it up to $140 or so before stopping... therefore I just lost $40).

Bidding as much as you're willing to pay at the beginning is for the rich, uneducated, and lazy.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: SirChadwick
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That's why you bid as much as you're willing to pay at the end of the auction, numbnuts.

- M4H

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: SirChadwick

Originally posted by: Mo0o
why not just bid as much as you're willing to pay? dont have to worry about getting sniped then

If you bid as much as you're willing to pay from the beginning of the auction... you end up losing money this way. Either someone will keep bidding until their bid tops yours or they'll bid until they think it's not worth bidding anymore. That's basically just giving away money. Sniping is the smartest way to go about it. When people see more interest in a particular auction, they're more likely to bid. (eg. i wait until the last second to snipe an auction and I win for $100... if I had placed my highest bid at the beginning for $150 and others wanted to beat it out, they may have bid it up to $140 or so before stopping... therefore I just lost $40).

Bidding as much as you're willing to pay at the beginning is for the rich, uneducated, and lazy.

Exactly right. I don't know why this has to be explained every time this subject comes up. I guess not thinking it through is for the lazy too.

 

[SirChadwick]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: SirChadwick
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That's why you bid as much as you're willing to pay at the end of the auction, numbnuts.

- M4H

That's also called manual sniping. Numbnuts.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: SirChadwick

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire

Originally posted by: SirChadwick
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That's why you bid as much as you're willing to pay at the end of the auction, numbnuts.

- M4H

That's also called manual sniping. Numbnuts.

I call it "bidding" personally, but a rose by any other name still pwns the no0blets and wins you the auction.

Cheers :beer:

- M4H