EBAY bid sniper

Saam

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Feb 1, 2005
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I know of one, its called, DONT BE LAZY DO IT YOURSELF
ha, fck you. I'm tired of loosing my auctions at the last minute to these people, time for retaliation.
 

BHeemsoth

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Originally posted by: grohl
I know of one, its called, DONT BE LAZY DO IT YOURSELF

Do you even know what these programs do?


They bid with fractions of a second left, making it impossible for others to see your bid prior to when the auction is over.
 

grohl

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Jun 27, 2004
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no, don't be lazy - I have beat sniper software before. Plus, it's the satisfaction of doing it yourself.
 

Saam

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Originally posted by: grohl
no, don't be lazy - I have beat sniper software before. Plus, it's the satisfaction of doing it yourself.

Wow, you must be really fast and it is more the satisfaction of getting the item for me.
 

rh71

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someone correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't proxy bidding the end-all of bids ? As long as your top bid is still higher, it wins. Sniper programs beat this somehow ?
 

Yo Ma Ma

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Originally posted by: rh71
someone correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't proxy bidding the end-all of bids ? As long as your top bid is still higher, it wins. Sniper programs beat this somehow ?

They can't really beat out a high proxy bid, but they can serve to keep bidding lower / help eliminate bidding wars which you do have with proxy bidding.
 

rh71

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Originally posted by: Yo_Ma-Ma
Originally posted by: rh71
someone correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't proxy bidding the end-all of bids ? As long as your top bid is still higher, it wins. Sniper programs beat this somehow ?

They can't really beat out a high proxy bid, but they can serve to keep bidding lower / help eliminate bidding wars which you do have with proxy bidding.
I win auctions by putting in my highest proxy bid within the last 30secs of an auction. I don't see how sniping would affect me either way. I don't know how someone would lose to sniping programs if they wanted to win it with a bid they would pay anyway.