Snipe services

Mantlefan · November 30, 2003 3:16PM

Esnipe went down tonight and I missed out on 6 auctions. Anyone have a more reliable sniper??

murcerfan · November 30, 2003 3:29PM

yeah, loaf 1240

Griffins · November 30, 2003 3:36PM

esnipe has missed about half my bids over the last 3 weeks. robosnipe missed on a bunch of a friends snipes. They both blame it on ebay password rules, you might recheck your prefs on esnipe just in case.

mikeschmidt · November 30, 2003 3:55PM

They missed a bunch of mine, too! Oh well -- I don't think i would have won the auctions anyway -- but I think that perhaps I should start shopping around again.

I've heard good things about auctionstealer.com

AlanAllen · November 30, 2003 4:39PM

auctionstealer.com has let me down in the past more often than esnipe. On my most "important" snipes I try to queue up the snipes in more than one service - I haven't had them all fail on me on the same auction yet.

Joe

GATOR5 · November 30, 2003 9:11PM

Auctionsniper.com has yet to fail me so far!!

Gator

norty · November 30, 2003 9:50PM

RoboBidder. Never fails and it's cheaper.

Cubfan · November 30, 2003 10:53PM

I guess Ive had a different experience than Joe as Ive never had a let down with Auction Stealer. It even worked during the Mastro 1965 Topps auction.

packCollector · November 30, 2003 11:13PM

I use powersnipe and have never had a problem. I think some other board members have said they had issues in the past but I have not had any issues.

Putty · December 1, 2003 1:24AM

Agreed, Auctionsnipe.com has never failed me yet

GoSoxBoSox · December 1, 2003 1:34AM

<< <i>yeah, loaf 1240

>>

First the Stankees...now this!!!! I'm gonna get you someday murcer!!!

NickM · December 1, 2003 3:27AM

It's not necessarily the sniping service's fault. eBay is doing some bizarre things. I couldn't place a bid on a couple auctions this morning because it was giving me strange messages, including saying my user id was not valid and that my browser was not acepting cookies. Of course, it then let me go ahead and bid on other auctions.

Nick

gtbeaker · December 1, 2003 3:29AM

I've had several problems over the last year with auctionstealer.com. They're probably averaging around 90% bid placement for me, which isn't very acceptable. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find anyone better!

40ozman · December 1, 2003 5:56AM

I've had good luck with Powersnipe. Only once have I not gotten a bid in.

Mantlefan · December 1, 2003 6:39AM

Thanks guys. Esnipe seems to have problems on Sunday nights, which they claim is their peak time of the week. I'm going to use both services on Sundays from now on.

jerster · December 1, 2003 9:34AM

auctionsniper may not be the cheapest, but has yet to fail on me...

boggs301012 · December 2, 2003 1:34PM

RoboBidder. Never fails and it's cheaper.

I starting using them and so far so good. Robobid place the bids within 5 seconds on all the auctions. One was pretty close though 2 seconds. I spend less time hitting reload and more time do other things on the net.

James

Wabittwax · December 2, 2003 2:36PM

I recently had my first fail with esnipe. It was for a Hercshel Walker card serial numbered to 30 that I needed for my set. I was so excited to see it on Ebay. It's the first one I've seen for sale in 2 years. I almost felt violated when I saw it close for $3.75 and my sniper bid was $35.00. I am still so mad about that incident that I am looking for a new sniper service too.

RedRomad275 · December 2, 2003 11:02PM

I've only used one of the sniping services (Powersnipe) and it has never let me down. It also seems comparable in price as most of the others. I liked the fact that you get a free months worth of sniping before you decide to commit. What I don't understand, and I might have read it wrong but it was cheaper to pay month to month than annually.

OhioTaz · December 3, 2003 10:33AM

What do you guys mean cheaper? Pay by the month or annually?

Why would you not pay the $15 or $25 for Auction Sentry? There are no fees beyond that.

Sandy

boggs301012 · December 4, 2003 9:41AM

FYI robobidder is no more. I wish he could have warned his customers . I lost a bid last night it ended around 27.00 I had a bid set at 35.00. Owell off to find another.

James

Basilone · December 4, 2003 11:41AM

I believe with auctionsentry...that you need to have your computer turned on when the auction is ending. I believe Wayne uses the program so he might be able to shed more light on the subject.

OhioTaz · December 5, 2003 7:42AM

You are correct! Good point. You need to leave the computer on like via a cable modem to use Auction Sentry. Hard to beat the price if you have that set up.

Sandy

Wayne8348 · December 5, 2003 11:53PM

Auction sentry is great with a $9.99 one time fee and free thereafter. There are 2 disadvantages:

The computer must be on.

It will not place more than 1 bid at a time. If multiple auctions all end at the same time you must stagger your bids or else the program will lock up.

Other than that, it is very reliable and works very well. As long as you understand the two shortcomings, it is in my opinion the best buy out there.

Wayne

jmullen · December 7, 2003 8:14AM

I use auctionstealer.com

It costs about $20 for every 3 months ... way cheaper than esnipe. AND, I have never missed a bid.

Jeff

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