How to bid (and win!)

biblejohn

God I hate snipe bidders. Ive been outbid on dozens of things on ebay like that. But, i guess its fair play.

One thing i find strange with ebay is that when ever im interested in buying something, it always makes more than you can buy it for new!

loafer_2

biblejohn wrote:

God I hate snipe bidders. Ive been outbid on dozens of things on ebay like that. But, i guess its fair play.

One thing i find strange with ebay is that when ever im interested in buying something, it always makes more than you can buy it for new!

Then join in yourself.
See my thread here : http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.html?p=71938&postcount=1

It all works by delaying the bidding and relying on ebays "bid up to your maximum bid" thing. If you want things that are pretty regular then just bid on lots at a low value and wait. Works wonders for me, saved £20 on a huge hard disk the other day on a early hours of the morning sniped bid it went for £12 under my low maximum too.

cally120

I do this a lot, and win most of the time, its just getting the timing right.

Party_Animal

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It all works by delaying the bidding and relying on ebays "bid up to your maximum bid" thing. If you want things that are pretty regular then just bid on lots at a low value and wait. Works wonders for me, saved £20 on a huge hard disk the other day on a early hours of the morning sniped bid it went for £12 under my low maximum too. [/QUOTE]
Isn´t there a danger that you´ll end up with more than one?

Ampalian

If you can't beat them, join them. For anything I really want I use this https://www.ezsniper.com/index.php3

First 3 uses are free.

N9eav

Is there any way of avoiding the reserve bid? I wanted a watch the other day teh first bid was £50, but the 'Buy it now' was £95 so there was no way I could get it less than £95. So what's the point bidding? The buy it now price was too high anyway...??

Sofa_Sogood

This might be a dumb question but if a lot of you use these sniping programmes, won't you be 'outsniping' each other at some stage? Like for example, won't you need quicker and cleverer sniping programmes?

Or is the likelihood of that too remote on such a big outlet?

kanga_3

Sofa_Sogood wrote:

This might be a dumb question but if a lot of you use these sniping programmes, won't you be 'outsniping' each other at some stage? Like for example, won't you need quicker and cleverer sniping programmes?

Or is the likelihood of that too remote on such a big outlet?

why when registering do the need my ebay password and user name ,sounds iffy ,hope it never get hacked into

Party_Animal

Sofa_Sogood wrote:

This might be a dumb question but if a lot of you use these sniping programmes, won't you be 'outsniping' each other at some stage? Like for example, won't you need quicker and cleverer sniping programmes?

Or is the likelihood of that too remote on such a big outlet?

I asked a simliar question earlier in the thread. I´m puzzled as to how it works if several people are using sniper.

Sofa_Sogood

Party_Animal wrote:

I asked a simliar question earlier in the thread. I´m puzzled as to how it works if several people are using sniper.

Sorry that'll teach me not to skim read the posts. It does intrigue me though.

kanga? I don't know why you've quoted me in your question because I'm the last person that's able to answer.

I haven't even registered with eBay yet