eBay sniping sites - recommendations?
Discussion
I've one using this one before and my bro's girlfriend swears by it. The only downside is that you have to give them your username and password. I used it once and changed my password straight afterwards
www.auctionlotwatch.co.uk/lotsnipe.html
>> Edited by theboyfold on Thursday 9th February 12:16
www.auctionlotwatch.co.uk/lotsnipe.html
>> Edited by theboyfold on Thursday 9th February 12:16
I had a look around when I wanted one and decided on Auction Sentry
It works, it's successful and the support from Dan who wrote it was excellent when Ebay (as they occasionally do) changed the way the bids were placed.
One other thing to bear in mind - Auction Sentry run's as an application on YOUR machine which means your ebay logon and password stay on YOUR machine rather than giving it away onto a server / service which you don't control.
That's my tuppence worth - nice to come back from the pub and discover that you've won an item in the last couple of seconds..
>> Edited by crmcatee on Thursday 9th February 12:19
>> Edited by crmcatee on Thursday 9th February 12:19
It works, it's successful and the support from Dan who wrote it was excellent when Ebay (as they occasionally do) changed the way the bids were placed.
One other thing to bear in mind - Auction Sentry run's as an application on YOUR machine which means your ebay logon and password stay on YOUR machine rather than giving it away onto a server / service which you don't control.
That's my tuppence worth - nice to come back from the pub and discover that you've won an item in the last couple of seconds..
>> Edited by crmcatee on Thursday 9th February 12:19
>> Edited by crmcatee on Thursday 9th February 12:19
I am I being a bit thick here?
surely you enter the maximum you are prepared to pay when you bid and Ebay does the rest?
What's the point of sniping?
Something currently sitting at 99p but you are prepared to pay up tp £80 (lets just say it's a Road Angel) has 3 days to go. Last minute of last day a sniped bid comes in at £75. Your Ebay account is automatically going to bid higher up to your maximum surely?
What's the advantage of a sniper unless you are going to bid more than you originally set out to, in which case just bid higher on Ebay.
surely you enter the maximum you are prepared to pay when you bid and Ebay does the rest?
What's the point of sniping?
Something currently sitting at 99p but you are prepared to pay up tp £80 (lets just say it's a Road Angel) has 3 days to go. Last minute of last day a sniped bid comes in at £75. Your Ebay account is automatically going to bid higher up to your maximum surely?
What's the advantage of a sniper unless you are going to bid more than you originally set out to, in which case just bid higher on Ebay.
Doing it the ebay route shows that you're interested in the item since as soon as you place your bid - you enter the auction and bid against the other parties.
Sniping waits until the last seconds to enter you into the bid - is someone is bidding low and not put in a maximum bid (as most people do) your chance of winning is increased.
Sniping waits until the last seconds to enter you into the bid - is someone is bidding low and not put in a maximum bid (as most people do) your chance of winning is increased.
Tyre Smoke said:
surely you enter the maximum you are prepared to pay when you bid and Ebay does the rest? What's the point of sniping?
The reason is that by placing a maxiumum proxy bid in advance, you simply provde a target for other bidders to try to reach. Some people, esp newbies, keep bidding incrementally until they 'win' regardless of how much they're actually paying.
Bidding your maximum with 5 secs to go is much more likely to win you the item, and at a lower price, as you don't encourage rival bids.
Tyre Smoke said:
I am I being a bit thick here?
surely you enter the maximum you are prepared to pay when you bid and Ebay does the rest?
What's the point of sniping?
Something currently sitting at 99p but you are prepared to pay up tp £80 (lets just say it's a Road Angel) has 3 days to go. Last minute of last day a sniped bid comes in at £75. Your Ebay account is automatically going to bid higher up to your maximum surely?
What's the advantage of a sniper unless you are going to bid more than you originally set out to, in which case just bid higher on Ebay.
Whilst £80 might be the maximum you want to pay, sniping allows you to increase your chances of paying less. If you put in £80 straight away with days to go the chances are that somebody else will do the same, say their max is £75, and EBay will automatically bid up to his max. By sniping small increments over the current bid close to the auction end and not exposing your maxmimum to EBay, you can avoid this situation and are likely to pay less to win the auction.
shnozz said:
I love snipping,its just a shame you cant be a fly on the wall of the person you snipe
I'm yet to have children so I will be refraining for a few years. Its a bit too S&M to be a fly on the wall IMO.
It does sting,and when your just about to get off the table the surgeon sez,"right now for the other one"
One of the any subtleties of eBay 
I went with www.auctionlotwatch.co.uk - thanks theboyfold - as I didn't want to install software and I foolishly trust them not to hack my account
Cheers all, PH does it again!
I went with www.auctionlotwatch.co.uk - thanks theboyfold - as I didn't want to install software and I foolishly trust them not to hack my account
Cheers all, PH does it again!
simpo two said:
One of the any subtleties of eBay
I went with www.auctionlotwatch.co.uk - thanks theboyfold - as I didn't want to install software and I foolishly trust them not to hack my account
Cheers all, PH does it again!
Happy to help!
Good luck with the item!
still dont understand this
example I want to bid on an item say its value is 10.
i really want item so place a max bid for 200. ok normal ebay a day in advance
you also want item and try to snipe me last few seconds all you see is a bid for 10 quid.
so you snipe the bid for how much exactly ??? to beat me !!
do you come back from the pub with a bill for 210 !!!!!from the sniping company or do you quote them maximum bid in which case , this doesnt work
right ??
You quote them a maximum bid.
The idea is that you don't give somebody a chance to outbid you in the last seconds. The sniper puts a bid in at the very last second, if it's not high enough, so be it, but if it's higher then the last bid, then that other person doesn't have a chance to react or try and outbid you.
or in Simpo's case, it will just bid for you when you aren't around.
The idea is that you don't give somebody a chance to outbid you in the last seconds. The sniper puts a bid in at the very last second, if it's not high enough, so be it, but if it's higher then the last bid, then that other person doesn't have a chance to react or try and outbid you.
or in Simpo's case, it will just bid for you when you aren't around.
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