Mr. Hasselhoff
10-16-2006, 05:04 PM
Note: Experienced eBayers read the part about "justsnipe.com".
I often bid on (mostly computer) items on eBay. I was bidding on an item and had it "sniped" by another bidder.
Sniping is usualy done using a program that monitors the item and places your bid in the last few seconds of the auction (up to your maximun bid). Thus "sniping" your competion.
There are a lot of benifits to using auction snipers. Aside from getting in the last bid at the last moment, auction snipers prevent "bidding wars". Bidding wars typically occur when multiple bidders are sitting at thier computers and placing small bids to get in the winning bid over other bidders. The result can be much higher final bids than you were initually willing to pay. So you have to either give up the item or pay a lot more than you would have if some inconsiderate jerk hadn't kept upping the bid.
Bidding wars can become rediculus. Some examples:
Two people were bidding on a used ASUS motherboard. By the
time they were done the winning bid was $15 more than a new
mobo!
I started bidding on a 19" LCD monitor that had a scrach in the
middle of the screen and had display fading on one side of the
monitor. I quit at $50. 14 people were bidding on it and it just
wasn't worth more than that. I checked the final bid just for fun.
Some idiot payed $168 PLUS $45 shipping for the monitor!!!
If you do a search for ebay you will find a bunch of auctions sniping programs here on ShareODie. And, of course, I downloaded most of them.
Then I found a better option.
justsnipe.com is a site set up to do all the work for you. The only downside to using it is you have to give them your eBay password.
BUT it does all the sniping for you. It downloads your watched list. You then put in your maximum bid and it monitors the auction and puts in your bid at the last few seconds (you can set the number of seconds to tweak it for the best results). Your bid does not even show up on eBay! Say goodbye to bidding wars. I have tested the site on two bids and it works as advertised. And it uses thier servers, which are probably faster than your computer (well, for sure mine).
BUT WAIT - theres more! You get 5 FREE snipes per week! You are limited to having them use 1 server for your bids. For $5 a month you get unlimited snipes and it will use 3 servers for your maximum bidding pleasure.
Personally 5 snipes per week is more than I need. So check this site out next time you need a hardware fix from eBay.
JUST don't SNIPE against me http://www.sharestation.com/style_emoticons/default/angry.gif http://www.sharestation.com/style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif
I often bid on (mostly computer) items on eBay. I was bidding on an item and had it "sniped" by another bidder.
Sniping is usualy done using a program that monitors the item and places your bid in the last few seconds of the auction (up to your maximun bid). Thus "sniping" your competion.
There are a lot of benifits to using auction snipers. Aside from getting in the last bid at the last moment, auction snipers prevent "bidding wars". Bidding wars typically occur when multiple bidders are sitting at thier computers and placing small bids to get in the winning bid over other bidders. The result can be much higher final bids than you were initually willing to pay. So you have to either give up the item or pay a lot more than you would have if some inconsiderate jerk hadn't kept upping the bid.
Bidding wars can become rediculus. Some examples:
Two people were bidding on a used ASUS motherboard. By the
time they were done the winning bid was $15 more than a new
mobo!
I started bidding on a 19" LCD monitor that had a scrach in the
middle of the screen and had display fading on one side of the
monitor. I quit at $50. 14 people were bidding on it and it just
wasn't worth more than that. I checked the final bid just for fun.
Some idiot payed $168 PLUS $45 shipping for the monitor!!!
If you do a search for ebay you will find a bunch of auctions sniping programs here on ShareODie. And, of course, I downloaded most of them.
Then I found a better option.
justsnipe.com is a site set up to do all the work for you. The only downside to using it is you have to give them your eBay password.
BUT it does all the sniping for you. It downloads your watched list. You then put in your maximum bid and it monitors the auction and puts in your bid at the last few seconds (you can set the number of seconds to tweak it for the best results). Your bid does not even show up on eBay! Say goodbye to bidding wars. I have tested the site on two bids and it works as advertised. And it uses thier servers, which are probably faster than your computer (well, for sure mine).
BUT WAIT - theres more! You get 5 FREE snipes per week! You are limited to having them use 1 server for your bids. For $5 a month you get unlimited snipes and it will use 3 servers for your maximum bidding pleasure.
Personally 5 snipes per week is more than I need. So check this site out next time you need a hardware fix from eBay.
JUST don't SNIPE against me http://www.sharestation.com/style_emoticons/default/angry.gif http://www.sharestation.com/style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif