Ebay sniper recommendations?

Charlton_King

I've been using Goofbay for some years with no problems and then suddenly and without provocation I find my Goofbay password no longer works, the 'password reminder service' is 'unable to transmit details' and emailing the 'team' for a solution to the problem produces no answer after three days of waiting.

I'm cheesed off and would like to register with a new, free service.

Can anyone vouch for a competitor, please?

mumOf2wonderfulkids

i use jbidwatcher if that helps?

Charlton_King

mumOf2wonderfulkids wrote: »

i use jbidwatcher if that helps?

Is it easy to use, please?

AMG762

I use Auctionstealer:

http://www.auctionstealer.co.uk/home.cfm

I dont know how it compares to others though

Charlton_King

Racer123 wrote: »

I use Auctionstealer:

http://www.auctionstealer.co.uk/home.cfm

I dont know how it compares to others though

Same question.

AMG762

Hi,

Auctionstealer is quite easy to use. For the free version you can have a maximum 3 snipes per week, and i think it starts bidding around the last 10 second mark.

You just need to register, click 'auctions' from the left menu, then enter the ebay item number and your max bid amount.

If you need more than 3 snipes per week then you have to pay a subscription, and this may not be your best option

jim22

Hello, can somebody explain to me the benefit of these programs? Surely, you put in your maximum bid and if thats not enough so be it? Thanks.

hermum

jim22 wrote: »

Hello, can somebody explain to me the benefit of these programs? Surely, you put in your maximum bid and if thats not enough so be it? Thanks.

Nobody else knows though that you're interested in the item, so a rival bidder may feel they're safe putting in a lowish bid.
You can place a bid on a snipe days before hand & forget about it.
You don't get caught up in auction fever & bid over the amount you want to pay.

George68

Hidbid.com is a good, easy service to use.

Hello, can somebody explain to me the benefit of these programs?

It can help you save $ by not driving the price up early in the auction. Early bids = more attention which normally equals a higher ending price.

You can't prevent other interested bidders from bidding early however.

A couple more benefits of sniping:

1. Sniping is actually a way of combatting shill bidding - when the seller or his buddy bids on the item until they're the high bid, and know your max, then retract their bid, and use yet another account to bid on the item, bidding just below your max. You don't give the shiller time to retract their bid in order to leave you as the high bidder, close to your max. You can't do much about a shill bidder letting their bid ride to the end of the auction, if it just raises but doesn't exceed yours.

Also, look out for 2nd chance offers, as they would be a reason for the shiller to let their shill bid ride, you may want to decline any and look for a different seller with the same item. Unless of course, the price seems ok with you, even though possible artificially jacked up.

2. You can just cancel a snipe with up to 2 or 3 minutes before the end of an auction, if you change your mind about bidding on an item, and your bid won't be placed. If you place a bid on ebay and then retract it (not a seller's or ebay's favorite thing), you can be blocked from bidding on other auctions after doing this a few times, not sure what that # is.