t/s ebay vs "customers"

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grr you FUCKER. At least having made me miss out on that Allen & Heath mixing desk WHICH WENT FOR LESS THAT I WAS PREPARED TO PAY FOT IT you might have actually bought something!? But no! "I'll think about it" nnggg....

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Saturday, 9 July 2005 13:21 (twenty years ago)

You should use esnipe! That will automatically put your bid in at the last minute and you don't have to worry about being interrupted by stupid customers.

― Leon C. (Ex Leon), Saturday, 9 July 2005 13:25 (twenty years ago)

Pash, that's not to say you'd have got it for said price (+ 1 bid) - you and the winner may well have ended up in a bidding war and it may well have gone over your top price.

― Markelby (Mark C), Saturday, 9 July 2005 13:45 (twenty years ago)

Leon's right, use some sniping software. I use auction stealer, some I've won, some I didn't but easier than hovering over your pc trying to guess the right time to place your bid.

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Saturday, 9 July 2005 13:48 (twenty years ago)

what happens when several bidders are using sniping software? why is sniping even allowed?

― s1ocki (slutsky), Saturday, 9 July 2005 14:29 (twenty years ago)

i guess i don't really understand because i thought that sort of thing was already built-in, that ebay just bid you up until the person willing to pay the most was at the top.

― s1ocki (slutsky), Saturday, 9 July 2005 14:30 (twenty years ago)

My only successful ebay win was a manual snipe. I pushed the final Confirm button with about 15 seconds left on the clock.

(having said that, I hardly ever buy anything from there anyway)

Xpost: they bid you up to the maximum you've put in, but sniping involves upping your maximum bid as late as possible.

― Forest Pines (ForestPines), Saturday, 9 July 2005 14:32 (twenty years ago)

I always wondered about different people using sniping software as well, what if they both put in the same maximum amount?

I won my beautiful Kawai electric guitar through manual sniping, in fact everything I or my darling have won has been through manual sniping, except for the drum machine where I was the only bidder, and obviously was going to be the only bidder as well!

Oh well, there'll be another A&H mixer along in a couple of weeks no doubt.

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Saturday, 9 July 2005 14:39 (twenty years ago)

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