Snipe bids?

Skynut
Skynut Posts: 2,967
edited April 2 in Clubhouse Archives
How many of you snipe bid on e-bay?
I usually like to get my name in the bid history before I enter a last second bid but sometimes I just find something that is about to end and figure why not wait.
So how about you?
How do you usually handle yourself on the bay?
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  • thehaens@cox.net
    thehaens@cox.net Posts: 1,012
    edited February 2006
    I snipe all the time, sometimes even set my alarm clock if it is something I really want. I just sniped a bid away from a guy bidding on a sunfire 600 amp, got in a bid the last 2 seconds. The other guy even emailed me through ebay, asking me if I would sell it to him for 50.00 more.......NO Chance.......

    Scott

    I rarely if ever put in a "feeler" bid, I will wait till the last minute to see how things are going...
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited February 2006
    If its something I really want, I will snipe. If I just sort of wouldn't mind having it, I'll bid whenever.

    I don't like to bid on an item before right at the end because it establishes to competing buyers that their is more competition. I am afraid this raises their awareness of the competition for the item and that it drives up the price.
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited February 2006
    Shizelbs wrote:
    I don't like to bid on an item before right at the end because it establishes to competing buyers that their is more competition. I am afraid this raises their awareness of the competition for the item and that it drives up the price.

    So true; however, I sometimes like to make the first bid, just a few bucks above starting price...
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  • ND13
    ND13 Posts: 7,601
    edited February 2006
    It's how I've won every auction. So far, I've won about 70% of what I've wanted and, imo, haven't overpaid a single time.

    It really helps to have a super fast connection, too. ;):D
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited February 2006
    I hate snipers. Probably because the first ever auction I tried I got hosed. I never heard of snipers so I thought it was a straight up auction so I followed it for the 2 days it was on. I had the thing won up til the last 15 seconds and then when I refreshed the screen, the auction was over and Id been outbid by something like 5 bids that came in at the last 2 seconds! Ugh! That was the end of my Ebaying. Havent been back since.
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  • ND13
    ND13 Posts: 7,601
    edited February 2006
    Get a cable connection and you to can be a winner!!!! :D:D:D
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited February 2006
    Well I believe I was up againt some sniping software. I was the winner up til the last seconds. The winning bids all came in at the last couple seconds.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited February 2006
    Sniping software is stupid. Be a man and hit F5! :)
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  • ND13
    ND13 Posts: 7,601
    edited February 2006
    MacLeod wrote:
    Well I believe I was up againt some sniping software. I was the winner up til the last seconds. The winning bids all came in at the last couple seconds.

    I don't have sniping software and can put 5 bids in in less than 25 seconds.
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  • Frank Z
    Frank Z Posts: 5,860
    edited February 2006
    No sniping for me. I know my budget and put a max bid in and let the auction go from there.
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited February 2006
    ND13 wrote:
    I don't have sniping software and can put 5 bids in in less than 25 seconds.

    OK, well either way, Ebay sucks.
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,756
    edited February 2006
    Ebay will kill me one day. Ill be 70 years old bidding on something I really want - heart racing... last few seconds - refresh...heart attack... intense!
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  • Toxis
    Toxis Posts: 5,116
    edited February 2006
    I've never used a snipe program but I still win most of my auctions by waiting til the last 5 seconds to bid. :D
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  • billbillw
    billbillw Posts: 6,817
    edited February 2006
    Most of the time, I use Esnipe, but sometimes, I just chance it. It really depends how much interest there is and how much I really want it.
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited February 2006
    I plug it in at 11secs, full manual. It's either mine or it isn't.

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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited February 2006
    yeah i'll do it only when it's something i really want.. and know it's a good price.
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  • beardog03
    beardog03 Posts: 5,550
    edited February 2006
    I`m learning how to do it if I need to..

    The first few times I bid, I couldn`t believe how fast the other guy could type..!!!!

    Then I figured out how they do it..!

    I wingin myself off of ebay though....my sickness has migrated to the gon.. :rolleyes:
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  • Polkersince85
    Polkersince85 Posts: 2,883
    edited February 2006
    If you want the item, get er done. Whatever it takes. It's a lot easier than sitting on the backporch and whittlin' one out yourself.
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  • beardog03
    beardog03 Posts: 5,550
    edited February 2006
    I tried whittlin once..!

    I can make a mean stick..!!!
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  • schwarcw
    schwarcw Posts: 7,340
    edited February 2006
    If you want it, don't bid on it while the auction is active. Why drive the price up? Set your high bid at whatever your budget is and snipe it at about six seconds, maybe eight.

    Sometimes, I put the bids in manually at the last second, just to have some fun. But if I really want it, or need it, out comes the scope! :D
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  • scottyf
    scottyf Posts: 129
    edited February 2006
    I'll usually put in a minimal bid in the beginning, then wait to the end and manually snipe. However, I know how much I'm willing to pay and snipe with that amount in the last 9 or so seconds. It give me a chance to win and keeps me from getting crazy and upbidding over my budget at the last minute.

    Never tried the software. If I lose, I know that item will come back around at some time :)

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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited February 2006
    I manually snipe and use a sniper service. Usually pull the trigger with 7 seconds to go.

    The great thing about sniping is it keeps you from overpaying due to getting competitive. You get one shot, you win or lose, either way you move on.

    Cover bids make no sense. Here's a world Champion cover bid artist in action, if I ever saw one. Can you detect a pattern? :D
    http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&item=5863523284
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited February 2006
    And I know I have irritated people... Pretty much a given when you top a $300 bid and win with a bid of $300.03... Eff em and feed em fishheads...
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  • thehaens@cox.net
    thehaens@cox.net Posts: 1,012
    edited February 2006
    bobman1235 wrote:
    Sniping software is stupid. Be a man and hit F5! :)


    Yep, have two windows open at the same time, and keep refreshing one where you have the countdown. Then Alt/TAB to your other window at 7 seconds left, hit enter, Confirm.....Win, and Be happy.....

    If you see me bidding, forget I said this... :D
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  • thehaens@cox.net
    thehaens@cox.net Posts: 1,012
    edited February 2006
    Tour2ma wrote:
    Cover bids make no sense. Here's a world Champion cover bid artist in action, if I ever saw one. Can you detect a pattern? :D
    http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&item=5863523284

    I am lost on this one.....How was there a 69.09 bid in there 6 times. WTF, this whole pattern really annoyed me. I wish I would of gone in and sniped these two putz's the last second...JUST ONE BID!!
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  • avelanchefan
    avelanchefan Posts: 2,401
    edited February 2006
    Frank Z wrote:
    No sniping for me. I know my budget and put a max bid in and let the auction go from there.

    I'm with Frank on this one. I put in the max dollars I am willing to pay (including the shipping) and then I am done with it. If I don't get it at the price I want then oh well. No loss to me I will just try again at a later date. I find it funny how people get all bent out of shape over it.

    When I Ebay, I research what the going price for the item is (locally and internet) and then I bid from there. Because sometimes you can get certain items a hellava lot cheaper buy going to amazon...or wherever. I see people bidding on things that I bought for 20-30 dollars cheaper through a internet retail store.

    When I see that I know people are not doing their homework, and the ebay sellers are laughing all the way to the bank.
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited February 2006
    But Ave, why not snipe that amount instead? Hanging a reserve bid out there early only insures that you pay a higher percentage of your max bid, IME....
    thehaens@cox.ne wrote:
    I am lost on this one.....How was there a 69.09 bid in there 6 times. WTF...
    ED Z...

    Auction is stil active and since you can't bid against yourself, all his bids are riding off of this one:
    wa2msu ( 132) US $68.09 Feb-10-06 23:13:58 PST

    I believe wonderfulmarketmaker believes he is clever setting up his series of $1.01 increases and then busting the pattern at the top. :rolleyes:
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  • kingkip
    kingkip Posts: 401
    edited February 2006
    I still haven't figured out why people bid in anything other than the last hour or so. And yea I have sniped. But then I don't buy a bunch of stuff on the bay, I have a hard time trusting it.
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  • Dennis Gardner
    Dennis Gardner Posts: 4,861
    edited February 2006
    Over 300 snipes served. I miss the odd item, when some moron has fallen in love with the auction, but rarely feel that I over paid and with smart BIN sightings that the seller doesn't know what they have, I have more than equalled my few overpayments.
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  • avelanchefan
    avelanchefan Posts: 2,401
    edited February 2006
    Tour2ma wrote:
    But Ave, why not snipe that amount instead? Hanging a reserve bid out there early only insures that you pay a higher percentage of your max bid, IME....ED Z...

    Auction is stil active and since you can't bid against yourself, all his bids are riding off of this one:
    wa2msu ( 132) US $68.09 Feb-10-06 23:13:58 PST

    I believe wonderfulmarketmaker believes he is clever setting up his series of $1.01 increases and then busting the pattern at the top. :rolleyes:

    Well first I really have no time to sit and watch, and second, like I said I did the math and if I cannot get said item under or for my max amount then I feel it wasn't meant to be.
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