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Sorry for what might be a stupid question, but what exactly is "sniping"? I think I understand the concept, but if I put in a max bid and someone goes over my max, how would myself having this sniping ability help me? I would appreciate some examples in detail if someone cares to take the time to explain. Thanks!
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We both want a card, and you plan to bid $100 as your max. I plan to bid $50 as my max. The auction ends on Friday. No sniping. You bid $100 on Monday. I bid $50 on Tuesday. I now have three full days to ponder and consider my previous bid. I decide on Thursday to bump it up a bit, maybe to $60. Darn. You're still higher. Ok. I'll bump it to $70. What? You're still higher? Ok. Last time. $80. Dammit. Still didn't get there. Ok. I'm done. You can have it for $85 (or whatever the min increase is over my $80). Result: You get the card for $85 With sniping You set your $100 snipe on Monday, but it doesn't launch until Friday. I bid $50 on Tuesday. Wednesday. I'm the high bidder. Thursday. Still the high bidder. This is awesome! Friday. Totally gonna win this one. Ten seconds...seven seconds...three seconds...your snipe launches Wham! What happened? Where'd that new bid come from? Result: You get the card for $55. Other benefits: you don't have to be at your computer; you'll never forget to bid; you don't show any interest to other bidders, so they may think they're the only person interested. Downside: you only get one kick at the can. Go hard or go home. You'll save money in the end, but you'll also say "man, I should have bid $5 more..." I snipe *everything* I bid on. Saves me tons of time and money. It's also fun to watch the snipe launch at the last second. Oh - I use biddingscheduler and love it. Last edited by ajw; 02-18-2010 at 10:16 AM. |
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Agree with the last post, no bidding war saves you money.
Does anyone know advantages that other sniping services have over Gavelsnipe? I'd be willing to try a new service if one was clearly better. Thanks - Rob
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Thanks for all the explanations. I think I understand now.
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Like Rob, I use Gavelsnipe. It is free of charge and works great. I look days in advance and set the snipes. Saves lots of time and the Gavelsnipe page showing all current snipes is really helpful.
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Tony,
I didn't fully understand either so don't feel bad. I think the bottom line is that sniping doesn't let the sniper show his hand until the last few seconds. |
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Alan..exactly your bid is placed by a computer at almost the very last second.
You can have other snipers as well which is why even if you lose an item, you really don't know how much another bidder was prepared to pay. I always use a sniping program to bid and put in the very highest I am willing to pay, so I have no remorse if I don't win. I use quicksnipe which is free and it has been almost 100% reliable. Jeff |
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I use biddingscheduler. I've also used Gixen in the past, as well as a couple other services. One thing I really like about biddingscheduler is that it populates your Ebay watched items, so you can easily enter your snipes. Some other services make you copy the item ID number and paste it into the snipe page, which is just a pain. I'm guessing that some other services also populate your watched items, as it's a nice feature.
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I use bidnapper, no problems, except I spend way too much because I tell myself I'm getting a deal.
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