Doh!!!

TZAHL

Don't you hate it when you miss the end of an auction you had planned to bid on???? Maybe I should quit sniping.

sagard

I would say maybe you should start sniping.

But yes, it happens to me all the time as well.

poppie

Watch the good ones in your snipe account and those your thinking about in your ebay account. I never bid low or watch something on Ebay that i want to snipe, otherwise you cannot have a beer and bid!

grilloj39

I don't use an e-snipe service...just manually. Sometimes I try to get too cute and snipe with only a few seconds (2-3) remaining. I'll sometimes be way off in my timing and when I click the Submit button, I get an "sorry, auction has ended" message. I've done this on some cards I really wanted.

baseballfanatic

<< <i>I don't use an e-snipe service...just manually. Sometimes I try to get too cute and snipe with only a few seconds (2-3) remaining. I'll sometimes be way off in my timing and when I click the Submit button, I get an "sorry, auction has ended" message. I've done this on some cards I really wanted. >>



I've played the "trying to be too cute" game also and have lost out on some great stuff that went for peanuts. Sometimes it was my computer during a slow period and sometimes my timing was off, but I'm still kicking myself in the butt......

fiveniner

My excuse is that im such an old goat I fall asleep at the computer just when I am ready to place the dam bid.

theo934

<< <i>Don't you hate it when you miss the end of an auction you had planned to bid on???? Maybe I should quit sniping. >>

use AuctionStealer.com

kingraider75

You may have thought that you lost out for peanuts, but you have no idea how much higher someone may have set their snipe.

TZAHL

Thanks Theo. I knew there were services, but I hadn't signed up for any. Anybody else use services like this? Any suggestions?

baseballfanatic

<< <i>You may have thought that you lost out for peanuts, but you have no idea how much higher someone may have set their snipe. >>



No. I've been on Ebay so long, and know everyones bidding patterns, so I try and get too cute by checking what people have a "habit" of bidding (37.86, 41.29, 46.72, etc)that I try and do something stupid by winning the auction for less than a nickel more. Just a heads up to anyone who always uses the same dollars and cents number. I'm not talking about the one of a kind items where snipes are set at infinity, but the everyday stuff you like to pick up for a good price.........

phreakydancin

<< <i>Thanks Theo. I knew there were services, but I hadn't signed up for any. Anybody else use services like this? Any suggestions? >>

Auctionstealer gives you 3 free snipes per week. Justsnipe gives you an additional 5. If you don't need more than 8 snipes per week, I'd stick to these two.

If you need more than 8 snipes per week, I recommend Justsnipe, $5 per month for unlimited snipes.