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Conan · 19th November 2007

Does anyone use one of these. Just lost the third in a row thing i was bidding on with about 10 seconds to go, its getting a bit boring now i need to fight fire with fire!!

adoubletap · 19th November 2007

www.auctionsniper.com

clefty · 19th November 2007

i've used hammersnipe before successfully, tis free if you only want to snipe 3 auctions a week

Evilmonkey · 19th November 2007

www.justsnipe.com is another free one (although you get 5 free snipes a week), you could sign up to them both to get 8 free a week???

Justsnipe's good enough for me. Has never failed to bid for me.

big mummy smeear · 19th November 2007

I'm sure there's a patch or crack so you can use them as much as you want
or some actually free sotfwear

brett · 19th November 2007

Are these really necessary?
Surely if something goes for more than you were prepared to pay then it's no big loss anyway?
I know you can get stung at the last minute if you're not there (I like to bid late) but the ebay way is to work out the price above which you think an item's not worth it and just enter that (plus some random pence)
If you really want it, bid more - if it goes sky high then it aint a bargain.

Nicholas · 20th November 2007

I don't like the idea of giving all your eBay details to some website..

hippy · 20th November 2007

You can get software snipers. I don't bother any more. I just bid higher.
It's much more satisfying knowing you outbid all those cnuts with snipers. :)

Stef · 20th November 2007

oh i'll never forget that night when i won my wilier by €5 3 seconds before the end of the auction, it must have pissed the guy off so so so so so so much!

äsm · 20th November 2007

Bid snipers? Just ask dogsballs to bid on it for you.

adoubletap · 20th November 2007

From Ebay's wiki; you're more likely to win and at a lower price.

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Uses of bid sniping

Economic analysis of sniping (Roth and Ockenfels, 2000) suggests that it is a rational price-minimizing strategy for bidders in auctions. For example, a novice antiques buyer may prefer to bid in auctions which already have bids placed by more experienced antiques buyers, on the grounds that the items which the experienced buyers are interested in are more likely to be valuable. In this case, more informed buyers may delay bidding until the last minutes of the auction to avoid creating competition for their bids, leading to a lower winning bid. Analysis of actual winning bids on eBay (Yang and Kahng, 2006) suggests that winning bidders are more likely to have placed a single bid late in the auction, rather than placing multiple incremental bids as the auction progresses.

tynan · 20th November 2007

Try using a real sniper.

the-smiling-buddha · 20th November 2007

ebay costs me a bloody fortune

the 'Italian' c-record is absolutely the last bike I build (for a while)

hippy · 20th November 2007

You don't need a bid sniper to bit late, unless you are not online at auction close and I mean really, who isn't online 23hrs a day? ;)

markrjohnson · 20th November 2007

Do it yourself.
If I want something I only bid in the last 10 seconds and I bid the full amount I'm willing to pay. If someone else values the item more, well that's life baby.

winston · 20th November 2007

I use snipers coz I think you might end up getting the item cheaper.....it lessens the likelihood of emotional bidding wars, either from myself or others.

SimonC · 20th November 2007

I use Gixen - it's free, and if you want the bulletproof service from them it's about the price of a pint for a year.

AlexS · 20th November 2007

There must be about 300 sniping programmes. If everyone's using one then the highest bidder wins. Its like normal ebay but 2 seconds later.

hippy · 20th November 2007

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winston:I use snipers coz I think you might end up getting the item cheaper.....it lessens the likelihood of emotional bidding wars, either from myself or others.

But but but that's half the fun of ebay!

CHUG_IT · 20th November 2007

f-a bid sniper and get some bidding balls.

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Conan Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 959 Friends: 9 Location: Camberwell, SE5	Does anyone use one of these. Just lost the third in a row thing i was bidding on with about 10 seconds to go, its getting a bit boring now i need to fight fire with fire!!
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19th November 2007	#2
adoubletap	www.auctionsniper.com
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19th November 2007	#3
clefty	i've used hammersnipe before successfully, tis free if you only want to snipe 3 auctions a week
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19th November 2007	#4
Evilmonkey	www.justsnipe.com is another free one (although you get 5 free snipes a week), you could sign up to them both to get 8 free a week??? Justsnipe's good enough for me. Has never failed to bid for me.
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19th November 2007	#5
big mummy smeear	I'm sure there's a patch or crack so you can use them as much as you want or some actually free sotfwear
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19th November 2007	#6
brett	Are these really necessary? Surely if something goes for more than you were prepared to pay then it's no big loss anyway? I know you can get stung at the last minute if you're not there (I like to bid late) but the ebay way is to work out the price above which you think an item's not worth it and just enter that (plus some random pence) If you really want it, bid more - if it goes sky high then it aint a bargain.
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20th November 2007	#7
Nicholas	I don't like the idea of giving all your eBay details to some website..
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20th November 2007	#8
hippy	You can get software snipers. I don't bother any more. I just bid higher. It's much more satisfying knowing you outbid all those cnuts with snipers. :)
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20th November 2007	#9
Stef	oh i'll never forget that night when i won my wilier by €5 3 seconds before the end of the auction, it must have pissed the guy off so so so so so so much!
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20th November 2007	#10
äsm	Bid snipers? Just ask dogsballs to bid on it for you.
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20th November 2007	#12
tynan	Try using a real sniper.
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20th November 2007	#13
the-smiling-buddha	ebay costs me a bloody fortune the 'Italian' c-record is absolutely the last bike I build (for a while)
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20th November 2007	#15
markrjohnson	Do it yourself. If I want something I only bid in the last 10 seconds and I bid the full amount I'm willing to pay. If someone else values the item more, well that's life baby.
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20th November 2007	#16
winston	I use snipers coz I think you might end up getting the item cheaper.....it lessens the likelihood of emotional bidding wars, either from myself or others.
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20th November 2007	#17
SimonC	I use Gixen - it's free, and if you want the bulletproof service from them it's about the price of a pint for a year.
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20th November 2007	#18
AlexS	There must be about 300 sniping programmes. If everyone's using one then the highest bidder wins. Its like normal ebay but 2 seconds later.
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20th November 2007	#20
CHUG_IT	f-a bid sniper and get some bidding balls.
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