speedy ebay bidding

safetymankwj · May 7, 2004 2:29AM

Hi gang,

i just wanted to put this out ther but it seems evetrytime i bid on something i always get beat in the last 20 seconds and it always by exactly by a dollar. is there software out there that allows somweone to see the everyones bid amount and lets you bid at the last instant. I know that sometimes you can get outbisd but unless they know what your top is for the top bidder then you cannot sdo this consistantly. Last 12 bids the same results and even if i see it then i cannot rebid fast enough. Any ideas on this or help?

Russ · May 7, 2004 2:32AM

There is no software that allows you to see what the other bids are, nor should there be. But, there are plenty of options available for last second, or "snipe" bidding. I usually manually snipe, but when I'm going to be away, I use auctionsniper.com.

Russ, NCNE

rlawsha · May 7, 2004 2:33AM

Let say you bid $100 on a coin and think you have it. Another person wishing to buy the coin has put in a bid of $150 using a snipe service. At the last second the snipe program puts in the $150 bid. Ebay looks at the bid and decides that it will award the bid to the person who bid $150 at the last second. Thankfully eBay does not increase the price of the coin to $150, eBay only increases the price of the coin to exceed the previous high bid. The snipe programs cannot "see" the previous bid amounts. You can sign up for a snipe service at many different places. Just go to google and type in ebay snip program. I do not use a snipe program but there are many people who do.

Numismanic · May 7, 2004 2:35AM

If there is coin that I have to get I wait till the last 30 sec. and throw stupid money at it. 50% of the time this seems to work for me.

Don

rlawsha · May 7, 2004 2:37AM

Did you ever get caught with 2 people throwing stupid moeny at an eBay auction? I have seen it once from a thread here on this forum. Better not make that bid too stupid.

Numismanic · May 7, 2004 2:48AM

<< <i>Did you ever get caught with 2 people throwing stupid moeny at an eBay auction? >>

Yes, but fortunately I haven't won one yet that I regretted paying too much.

Don

Russ · May 7, 2004 3:03AM

<< <i>Did you ever get caught with 2 people throwing stupid moeny at an eBay auction? >>

I keep hoping those two people will come by my auctions.

Russ, NCNE

lathmach · May 7, 2004 8:27AM

You don't need no stinkin snipe program.
Do what I do.
Just bid $10,000 on the $50 coins. You'll always win.

Ray

speedy ebay bidding

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