esnipe issue

captainthreeputt · April 21, 2010 2:02PM

Has anyone else had this problem lately? I bid on three separate cards and I won each one, but it ended up exactly my highest amount. That seems odd that I did not win any bids for less than my maximum amount? Any thoughts?

Brian

akuracy503 · April 21, 2010 4:18PM

Weird.....that happened to me just recently with a purchase. Right down the $1, I won at the max amount I sniped.
Just coincidently someone else had sniped TWICE for the SAME amount just to assure they bid $1 under my bid amount.

I posted this question on another forum about the dangers of accessing snipe data and using it to shill bids.
The amount of $$ damage snipe data can do is tremendous. In all honesty can you really trust these snipe providers?

onebamafan · April 21, 2010 11:46PM

Thinking it just a coincidence, but something to keep an eye on for sure.

captainthreeputt · April 22, 2010 12:32AM

I thought it was a coincidence also, but I bid $430 on one item, $315 on another item, and $11.50 on the last item. They were strange amounts, and the person I would have outbid, would have had to bid exactly the amount of the increased bid amount below my max bid????

If that made sense, it is pretty strange!

akuracy503 · April 22, 2010 12:46AM

Exact same thing happened to me, did you check to see if the other bidder was a snipe? If so how many times did they bid in the last minute?

jswieton · April 22, 2010 1:13AM

I won an auction yesterday for $127.50 that was exactly my high bid amount.

Sportsamerica · April 22, 2010 2:45AM

<< <i>I thought it was a coincidence also, but I bid $430 on one item, $315 on another item, and $11.50 on the last item. They were strange amounts, and the person I would have outbid, would have had to bid exactly the amount of the increased bid amount below my max bid???? If that made sense, it is pretty strange! >>

This is NOT true.. Say you sniped at $315, and another person sniped at $314. your snipe came with 5 sec the other at 4 secs. You would win at $315... If your bid came in after, you would not as you would not be above the Min bid...

I have not had any problems sniping with the service I use, it snipes at the last sec...

Bigjohn69 · April 22, 2010 4:01AM

i wouldnt doubt that theres a hacking program out there that can see what snipe bids are,, i was floored when i found out that theres hack programs on that pokerstars site that lets you see other peoples hands,, makes you wonder,,,bj

akuracy503 · April 22, 2010 4:13AM

For this very reason I am going to start manual sniping vs using a service where my information is stored.

If you are a high volume seller on ebay this type of data would turn your revenue into a gold mine.

captainthreeputt · April 22, 2010 4:18AM

Thanks for the input. I think we should all keep an eye on this issue. I have never had this problem in the past, and I have used esnipe for years and purchased hundreds of items. It just seemed odd that it took my exact highest bids the last three times.

Brian

twiley · April 22, 2010 4:47AM

I never used snipe until recently just to check it out.

04/18/2010 21:22:45 Confirmed win! $11.61 Bid Amount $22.52
04/18/2010 21:21:27 Confirmed win! $28.00 Bid Amount $52.92
04/18/2010 21:21:27 Confirmed win! $9.50 Bid Amount $20.72
04/18/2010 16:38:17 Confirmed win! $5.51 Bid Amount $17.77

I haven't used it since...

otwcards · April 22, 2010 12:01PM

I consistently win my snipes at less than I set the snipe for. It is very rare when my snipe is maxed. I do lose my share of snipes, too. But the scenarios cited above are probably more coincidence than anything else.

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