"Just Snipe" program for Ebay

[CorCentral]

Ebay Example:
Tom and I are the only ones bidding on the item.

Current bid is $20.50 by Tom (his max bid is higher than this but hidden) say his max bid is $25.00 for the sake of this example

**Bidding increments for this auction are $1.00**

I enter a bid of $50.00 with Just Snipe

Question:
Will the snipe program put in the exact bid that I enter $50.00, or will I win it at $26.50 ?
Just curious, thanks.

 

[olds]

$26.50

 

[Baked]

It will use the highest amount within bid limit you entered. In your example, if nobody else bids, you will win with 26.50.

 

[olds]

Originally posted by: Baked
It will use the highest amount within bid limit you entered. In your example, if nobody else bids, you will win with 26.50.

Really?

 

[ABErickson]

Justsnipe just enters your maximum amount and then ebay's proxy bidding takes over from there.

 

[mugs]

Won't he win at $26 even? Max bid is $25 and increment is $1.

 

[AnyMal]

So what does this program do that proxy bid doesn't?

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: AnyMal
So what does this program do that proxy bid doesn't?

I guess the reasoning behind sniping is if you drive the price up early it could go even higher... because a lot of people don't put in their max bid for the proxy bid, they bid lower and then often bid again when they get outbid. By waiting until the last second to outbid them, you don't give them the chance to bid what they were really willing to pay.

Personally I'd rather eBay just eliminate sniping by extending the auction by a certain amount of time if there is a bid when it is about to end.

 

[olds]

Originally posted by: mugs
Won't he win at $26 even? Max bid is $25 and increment is $1.

Current bid is $20.50 by Tom...

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat

Originally posted by: mugs
Won't he win at $26 even? Max bid is $25 and increment is $1.

Current bid is $20.50 by Tom...

Yeah but his max bid is $25. He wouldn't bid $25.50, at most he'd bid $25 or $24.50 (not sure how eBay handles it if your max bid isn't an even bid increment).

Anyway, that's pretty much irrelevant to the OP's question, I was just wondering.

 

[olds]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat

Originally posted by: mugs
Won't he win at $26 even? Max bid is $25 and increment is $1.

Current bid is $20.50 by Tom...

Yeah but his max bid is $25. He wouldn't bid $25.50, at most he'd bid $25 or $24.50 (not sure how eBay handles it if your max bid isn't an even bid increment).

Anyway, that's pretty much irrelevant to the OP's question, I was just wondering.

But the bid increments are $1.00....

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat

Originally posted by: mugs
Won't he win at $26 even? Max bid is $25 and increment is $1.

Current bid is $20.50 by Tom...

Yeah but his max bid is $25. He wouldn't bid $25.50, at most he'd bid $25 or $24.50 (not sure how eBay handles it if your max bid isn't an even bid increment).

Anyway, that's pretty much irrelevant to the OP's question, I was just wondering.

But the bid increments are $1.00....

Right... how could the OP's winning bid be MORE than one bid increment higher than the next highest bid?

There's two scenarios I see here...
1. eBay uses the bid increment for automatic bids, so the OP bids $21.50, the other guy $22.50, OP $23.50, other guy $24.50, OP wins at $25.50.
2. eBay automatically bids the other guy up to exactly his max bid, then the OP bids one higher. Other guy bids $25, OP bids $26.

I'm not sure which way eBay works, but I think it's #1? Either way I don't see how the auction could hit $26.50.

(in my previous post, "he" was referring to the other guy, if that was a source for confusion)

 

[SoulAssassin]

26

 

[Schfifty Five]

Originally posted by: SoulAssassin
26

yup.