We’d like to remind Forumites to please avoid political debate on the Forum.

This is to keep it a safe and useful space for MoneySaving discussions. Threads that are – or become – political in nature may be removed in line with the Forum’s rules. Thank you for your understanding.

📨 Have you signed up to the Forum's new Email Digest yet? Get a selection of trending threads sent straight to your inbox daily, weekly or monthly!
The Forum now has a brand new text editor, adding a bunch of handy features to use when creating posts. Read more in our how-to guide

Given not working?

[Deleted User]
[Deleted User] Posts: 0 Newbie
edited 7 April 2017 at 8:10PM in Ebay, auctions, car boot sales, post & parcels
Has anyone else had problems with gixen not placing bids?

Comments

  • GabbaGabbaHey
    GabbaGabbaHey Posts: 1,111 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Not personally (it has always worked for me), but you might be better off asking in the Gixen support forum:

    https://www.gixen.com/forum/index.php
    Philip
  • goodfella66
    goodfella66 Posts: 412 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts
    This usually occurs when you have been accessing Ebay from various locations and then, for a short while, Ebay start asking for extra details (capthca etc) when logging in. which Gixen can't bypass. Usually rights itself.
  • adindas
    adindas Posts: 6,856 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    edited 16 April 2017 at 10:17AM
    I have been using Gixen for almost four months by now after Goofbid start asking me to upgrade my account to premium paying £2.99 a month. My personal experience, The accuracy is as good as Goofbid.

    People in here are also saying the same thing.
    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5591097

    IMO, the only drawback with Gixen I could see is that they do not include the picture of the eBay items. So if you bid "a lot of similar items" you will not know which one is that unless you want to invest time to browse the item one by one. Hopefully they will include this feature sometimes in the future.
  • GabbaGabbaHey
    GabbaGabbaHey Posts: 1,111 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    adindas wrote: »
    IMO, the only drawback with Gixen I could see is that they do not include the picture of the eBay items.
    I have a mirror subscription with Gixen (it only costs US$6 a year) and it shows me thumbnail pictures for all my snipes in the web interface (the Windows client, Gixen Desktop Manager, admittedly doesn't show pictures).
    Philip
  • cracker_jack
    cracker_jack Posts: 64 Forumite
    I've tried it 3 times and it has failed to bid 3 times so I'll stick to the old bid on it live routine I'm used to doing.
  • adindas
    adindas Posts: 6,856 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    cracker_jack wrote: »
    I've tried it 3 times and it has failed to bid 3 times so I'll stick to the old bid on it live routine I'm used to doing.


    And the old bit routine is ....
    Did you observe the reason for failed bid
This discussion has been closed.
★ ★ ★ Meet your Ambassadors

🚀 Getting Started

Hi new member!

Our Getting Started Guide will help you get the most out of the Forum

Categories

  • All Categories
  • 353.4K Banking & Borrowing
  • 254.1K Reduce Debt & Boost Income
  • 455K Spending & Discounts
  • 246.5K Work, Benefits & Business
  • 602.8K Mortgages, Homes & Bills
  • 178K Life & Family
  • 260.5K Travel & Transport
  • 1.5M Hobbies & Leisure
  • 16K Discuss & Feedback
  • 37.7K Read-Only Boards

Is this how you want to be seen?

We see you are using a default avatar. It takes only a few seconds to pick a picture.
Update Your Picture