Sniper of choice? Questions... (long)

Rickc300

As a seller I have long hated automated sniping tools, but as a buyer I hate when I forget about an auction or get stuck at work (or traffic) and miss a chance to bid on a coin. Especially when the coin closes for far less than what I would have bid (not that I would win all of them but I would like to have a chance). I find if I bid early, a lot of bids get placed against me. When I bid (snipe) in the last seconds manually I am pretty lucky in my wins and generally get the item for less than my max bid. So here are the questions.
1: What is the cost?
2: Are they reliabe? any missed bids?
3: If I set up to bid on an auction and then find a better coin can I cancel the snipe prior to launch?
4: Is this against eBay and other auction site rules?
5: Which is your favorite or do you shun them altogether?
6: Do they work to get better deals or am I just lucky in my last second bidding and unlucky at selling?

Thanks for your input!
Rick

FilamCoins

I use ezsniper.com as I only have time to check ebay about once a week. I think they charge a minimum of 10 cents per snipe or 1% of the value. Very easy to use. Never missed a snipe (although I've lost to higher bidders plenty of times). Yes, you can cancel if there's more than like 5 min left. Good luck!

SYRACUSIAN

Regarding the one I use,

1: 1% of the realized price*
2: Totally reliable, never missed one bid so far
3: Yes, you can cancel or modify your snipe at any given time as many times as you like.
4: No
5: Auctionsniper
6: I don't think I understand the question. A snipe is a bid placed in the last seconds. If there's a higher bid than yours, wether in a snipe ,or even at the beginning of the auction, highest bid gets the coin.


* PM me your email address and I will invite you to join, this way we both get three free snipes. A good way for you to try them out and judge for yourself.

Also, I do not understand why you hate them as a seller. It's great to watch an item of yours tripling its value during the last seconds.It's very entertaining to click refresh on the auction page a few times during the last minute.

ajaan

<< <i>It's great to watch an item of yours tripling its value during the last seconds.It's very entertaining to click refresh on the auction page a few times during the last minute. >>


I agree totally with this. I always kick the wife or kids off the computer when it comes to the closing times for my auctions just to watch how the bidding goes at the end.

SYRACUSIAN

I always kick the wife or kids off the computer when it comes to the closing times for my auctions just to watch how the bidding goes at the end.




Ajaan, you have already sold and/or exchanged your kids for coins, multiple times.

Rickc300

Thanks for the replies! As you can see from the post time and the current time I don't always get a chance to get Online which is why I want to try a sniping service.

PM sent Dimitri
Rick