yeah, why dont you just do that instead of trying to use a bot to place the bid?just enter an insanely high bid like $57,261 and you're sure to be teh winnar!
A tradition auction has bidding wars, ebay is a timed event. Fast one wins. If you don't want to get snipped, follow jonKranked and bid some ridiculous amount.I personally hate snipers. Really defeats the purpose of the bidding wars.
If you set a snipe at $100, it will bid $100. If the high bid is $51.00, then your proxy bid of $52.00 will win.Ok, so I signed up for esnipe. But I have a question..
If the item I'm bidding on has a bid of say, $51.00 and I put in my max bid of $100.00 , will esnipe go up to my high bid amount slowly, like by $5.00 each time or will it instantly jump to the $100.00 amount?
Thanks.
A lot of people don't understand proxy bidding (my wife, for instance). If the high bid is $10 and I set a snipe bid for $25, I could win for $11, I could win for $25, all depends on what the proxy bid is for the current high bidder.What's the effectiveness of sniping? Doesn't eBay sort of do the same for you? I.E. you put in the max you'd pay, and it will automatically bid up to that point for you?
I used to not like them either, but then I was trying to win a specific item (A/V receiver where there was one ending each day) and I kept getting sniped, so I figured if I can't beat 'em, I'll join 'em.I personally hate snipers. Really defeats the purpose of the bidding wars.
There is a difference. If you keep bidding, someone else may keep outbidding you, jacking up the price of the item. Good for the seller, bad for the buyer. The snipe bid does not get entered until the last few seconds of the auction, thereby preventing other people from outbidding you.If I have the time to sit in front of my computer and bid non-stop until the biding stops, is there any difference between that and sniping? I'm guessing that maybe the computer/snipe program can bid quicker then me?
Whoever put in the highest bid with their snipe.So what happens when you have a bunch of e-snipes going after the same item? Who wins then?