A2H GO
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I've been trying to bid on damaged iPhones all night yet every time I get outbid by a couple of quid, even though I'm leaving it to the last 5-10 seconds.
It says I'm the high bidder then immediately I'm outbid.
Is this was 'sniper' software does? Can anyone recommend a program? 
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Ian
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Registered: 28th Aug 99
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Sniping will only work if there are no other proxy bids, which on popular items like that is likely.
All a snipe does is leave the expectation of price low. If other people have bid higher than your snipe amount then you will still lose to them. Even if they only matched your bid, they will win because they placed it earlier.
I use justsnipe.com
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Gary
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And this is why eBay is now shit.
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A2H GO
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quote:
Originally posted by Ian
Sniping will only work if there are no other proxy bids, which on popular items like that is likely.
All a snipe does is leave the expectation of price low. If other people have bid higher than your snipe amount then you will still lose to them. Even if they only matched your bid, they will win because they placed it earlier.
I use justsnipe.com
So I just enter my maximum bid as I would normally and the program places it on ebay at the last minute, if someone had already bid higher I still lose. Thats fine by me, i'll give it a go.
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A2H GO
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quote:
Originally posted by Gary
And this is why eBay is now shit.
If you can't beat them....
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Ian
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Yeah it's nothing special, just a late bid.
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Ian
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I don't agree it makes the place shit, you can still win things by bidding enough to do that, if it goes for more then someone else wanted it more.
If anything it makes selling a bit better because you need to go high to make sure you don't lose to a proxy. I think Ebay end prices are on the whole higher than elsewhere.
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Jake
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enter the absolute maximum you are willing to go and see what happens? if you get outbid then obviously its not worth that much to you
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Rich H
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I use Auction Sniper 
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A2H GO
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Just signed up to justsnipe, ill give it a go in 23 mins.
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A2H GO
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quote:
Originally posted by Jake
enter the absolute maximum you are willing to go and see what happens? if you get outbid then obviously its not worth that much to you
All well and good just saying bid the most your willing to pay but sometimes you force peoples hands who then end up paying more than even they wanted to as a result of bidding slightly early.
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Gary
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quote:
Originally posted by Ian
I don't agree it makes the place shit, you can still win things by bidding enough to do that, if it goes for more then someone else wanted it more.
If anything it makes selling a bit better because you need to go high to make sure you don't lose to a proxy. I think Ebay end prices are on the whole higher than elsewhere.
Not just that no, but on a whole these thorps things, along with it's popularity have made it worse. Sniping just ads to it all.
If I was to bid £100 for something at the last second it's impossible for me to beat a computer. However I may be able to beat you personally and grab a bargain for myself.
Just my opinion.
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Ian
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It's very possible to beat the computer - bid higher yesterday.
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Gary
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I mean for grabbing a bargain. Gone are the days where it's fastest finger first 
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A2H GO
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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Iphone-3GS-16GB-Orange-Black-Faulty-/220828820979?pt=UK_Mobile_Phones&hash=item336a6c65f3&autorefresh=true#ht_3345wt_1139
I bid £130.01 using justsnipe, It went for £132. How is has that happened on the last 5. 
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tom130691
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bid higher ....
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Jed D
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ebay went down the pan a while ago! waste of time and money on fee's imo
its more legit selling knock off plasma's from the back of a wagon.
theres too many people with more than one account bumping bids up too
and dont get me started on "i have not yet received my item"  YES YOU HAVE!!
sorry for the rant
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A2H GO
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TBH i've never seen so many 'NO SERVICE' iPhones on there.
'I'm not sure what happened, just lost signal, no box, charger, etc.'
In other words you found/nicked it and are after a quick profit.
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Twiggy
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I love ebay!
If your getting outbid all the time there is only one reason
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A2H GO
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But its like £2 every time. I'll bid £2 more than I would normally be willing to pay and see how it goes. 
No more worth buying tonight though.
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Generation
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You do no, ebay automatcally ups their bid dont you to their maximum.
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JaffaTB
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i always bid a daft amount after the pounds (like 16.62) so if someone has bid 16.50 i still win  won me a good few items doing that, won some almost brand new south african rear lights for 41 quid 
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Darryl H
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quote:
Originally posted by Generation
You do no, ebay automatcally ups their bid dont you to their maximum.
Yeah but it won't say your the highest bidder if someone's is higher
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