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Old 02-19-2020, 04:47 PM
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Does anyone know how instantaneous these sniping programs are?

I don't utilize any of them, so in bidding the traditional way on ebay, I used to manually 'snipe' at the ten seconds left mark, then I moved to 4 seconds, and last night I threw in a bid on the downside of 3 seconds. It always seems to take a (mind numbingly anxious) second or two for my bid to catch and go through, so I have to be careful how long I wait to jump in. (The goal, obviously, is to get my bid in just as the auction closes, in order to shut out other bidders.) The question is, if someone is using a sniping service, does it even matter how long I (or other people) wait to pull the trigger, or is it moot, since their electro-bid (just coined that phrase) will be a nearly instantaneous, split second hit??
From Gavelsnipe's FAQ

GavelSnipe has a user defined snipe time that defaults to 20 seconds prior to the auction end. GavelSnipe allows a user setting as low as 5 seconds prior to the auction end.
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Old 02-19-2020, 05:15 PM
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GavelSnipe has a user defined snipe time that defaults to 20 seconds prior to the auction end. GavelSnipe allows a user setting as low as 5 seconds prior to the auction end.
Thank you, that's good to know. I wrongly assumed it was something like 1/100 of a second.
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Has anyone been using GavelSnipe lately? Have there been successes or are there continued failures?

What are peoples latest experiences?
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Old 06-16-2020, 11:55 AM
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Has anyone been using GavelSnipe lately? Have there been successes or are there continued failures?

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I've been using Gixen the rare times I snipe. Nary a complaint.
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Old 06-16-2020, 08:23 PM
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I've used Gavelsnipe several times in the last couple of weeks.

No issues and won a couple of cards.
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Old 06-17-2020, 09:31 AM
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Has worked fine for me lately.
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Old 06-17-2020, 02:47 PM
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How is sniping different than just hitting the bid button a few seconds before the auction ends with a max bid ( other than not having to be there and physically hit the button ) ?
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How is sniping different than just hitting the bid button a few seconds before the auction ends with a max bid ( other than not having to be there and physically hit the button ) ?
Was just thinking the same thing . . .

If I know I will bid up to say $1500 for something on eBay and not a penny more, why not just wait until their is 10 seconds left and enter my max bid? Never got the sniping thing. if others are willing to pay more I wont get it.
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Comes in handy if you forget about an auction or are not in a position to make that last second bid.
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Was just thinking the same thing . . .

If I know I will bid up to say $1500 for something on eBay and not a penny more, why not just wait until their is 10 seconds left and enter my max bid? Never got the sniping thing. if others are willing to pay more I wont get it.

Sometimes the auction ends well past when I go to bed and it would be nice to have the snipe option.


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