eBay sniping tools, What program do you use? Options

[WannabeGT4]

There's an auction I need to win tonight but I really don't want to stay up 'til 2:00am to do it (this early time change is already killing me.)

What eBay sniping tools do you use?

[95CelicaST]

My sniping tool is a T1 line, a high max bid and the ability to click refresh once every 3-5 seconds

[P5ycho]

my sniping tool is 2 pcs and a laptop all setup on the same auction..lol
laptop for watching and refreshing, while the pc's both setup with bids few £'s apart...
so i let the auction get to last few seconds then i drop bids from both pc's...lol works for me (sometimes)..lol

[Toyoca]

whats wrong with doing max bid?

[95CelicaST]

Nothing is wrong with max bid. When I use eBay, I set my max bid and let it go up until the last 10 minutes- thats when I sit down and start hitting refresh

[Toyoca]

im confused...he needs to win an auction...what does that have to do with staying up until 2am if he has a max bid up?

[95CelicaST]

im confused...he needs to win an auction...what does that have to do with staying up until 2am if he has a max bid up?

Its important because you can set a max bid now, but if someone outbids you, you don't have the chance to think of re-bidding. That happened to me with a shift knob. I set my max bid and went to sleep, only to find that someone outbid me in the middle of the night and won. (I still got the knob, but thats a whole other story )

I guess what its all about is control. You want control over the auction. You want to be able to sit there (or not sit there) and know that when someone else bids, you'll bid back. eBay will bid up to a number you have set, sniping programs bid to a certain point and when that point is met, it automatically sets a new max bid that you have set.

[forkee]

www.bidnip.com

you get 5 free snipes. it goes all the way to 1 sec if you want. i usually do 2 sec. ive won all the time unless it goes for more than i was willing to pay.

dont forget to put me down as a referral. put this down in the "who referred you" box when signing up =)

forkee420@gmail.com

ive had it for over 3 years so i can say it works pretty well =p

plus ive never had to pay a dime for the service

[Toyoca]

oo i always set my max bid so that if someone outbides me i wouldnt mind because thats the MAX id pay for it

[Hanyo]

oo i always set my max bid so that if someone outbides me i wouldnt mind because thats the MAX id pay for it

you would mind if the person outbids you by 2 cents.

that is why you wait for the last second to bid. That way there are no people who slowly test and push you to your max bid price.


When you bid big intially. You provoke other bidders to bid higher, They think they can just bid a little more and get the item. So 10 dollars here and 10 dollars there and BAM you lose your auctoin because someone slowly bid there way past your max price by a couple cents.

[WannabeGT4]

Thanks Forkee. That's exactly what I wanted. I've won most of my other auctions manually sniping but I'd rather be sleeping tonight.

[Toyoca]

oo i always set my max bid so that if someone outbides me i wouldnt mind because thats the MAX id pay for it

you would mind if the person outbids you by 2 cents.

that is why you wait for the last second to bid. That way there are no people who slowly test and push you to your max bid price.


When you bid big intially. You provoke other bidders to bid higher, They think they can just bid a little more and get the item. So 10 dollars here and 10 dollars there and BAM you lose your auctoin because someone slowly bid there way past your max price by a couple cents.

yea that makes sense. i dont think about that stuff i guess cause i never buy big or rare things

[WannabeGT4]

Won both items last night while I was sound asleep. Bidnip FTW.

http://cm.ebay.com/cm/ck/1065-29392-2357-0...em=280090623260

http://cm.ebay.com/cm/ck/1065-29393-2357-0...em=300088311117

[jgreening]

Won both items last night while I was sound asleep. Bidnip FTW.

Congrats.

I used bidnip to win a piano last summer. Lots of bidders too. Very effective program.

[Culpable04]

My sniping tool is a T1 line, a high max bid and the ability to click refresh once every 3-5 seconds

that's what I do and look at the results.

LOOK !

bidnip is excellent but there is nothing like doing it yourself, feels like a race against all other. I love it.

[forkee]

aww u didnt refer me....i could have gotten 5 more snipes

[WannabeGT4]

aww u didnt refer me....i could have gotten 5 more snipes

I most certainly did. I copied and pasted your email address right into the refer field during sign up. I wonder what happened?

[WannabeGT4]

Hey Forkee, I let them know about it and you should have 10 more free snipes. Let me know if you want me to contact them again.

[forkee]

lol i was just kidding! it didnt matter if you didnt (even though u did). im just bored. thanks for letting them know tho! and congrats with the wins

This post has been edited by forkee: Mar 14, 2007 - 12:26 AM

[FallenHero]

cheaters never win. I wish E-bay would use the 15min rule similar to Gunbroker.com's set up. Every bid adds 15 min to the auction time. That way sellers could get market price for their goods and people whom thought they were getting a good deal don't get screwed in the last "2 seconds"