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A few months ago there was a topic here that got off into methods and practice of bidding on Ebay, specifically the use of sniping programs. Based on that information I tried using Bidwatcher, which was great for a while. But then the program got flaky and I eventually had to get rid of it.

But I liked the idea of sniping my bid in there, so I thought I'd ask if anybody has a suggestion for a good, RELIABLE, free sniping program?

Thanks!

Scott.
 
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I sit at the computer and watch a clock. And put a bonsai bid for highest amount I am willing to pay a (do or die) with 5 seconds left. Oh and that is the only bid I put in any others just drives up the price. This is the way I always done my bidding.
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Phantombidder.com is who I have used for years. I used to do it Bruce's way until I had a rash of situations where I could not bid (at work, asleep, etc.) $.50 if you win, free if you don't
 
same as bruce. an auction has two purposes. one to get the seller the highest price, two to get the lowest price for the buyer.
it seems as if i follow ebays advice and place my highest bid at the beginnning and let them increase it. inveriablely some will bid five times to raise it by five dollars just chipping away at my bid and not outbid me anyhow.
if i wait as bruce does and bid my highest bid with five seconds to go it eliminates the "well maybe i want it bidders"
i know what the item is worth and what i am willing to pay.
quite often the item doubles or even triples in those last few seconds.
 
I rarely even go to E-Bay and even more rarely bid... but when I have, I bid what I am willing to pay at the outset and then leave it alone... If I get it, then I get it at my price, if I don't.. oh well.
I figure I've gotten about 1/2 the items I bid on.
 
I do what Chuck does.. I decide what I will pay and that's my max bid. I either win it or I don't.

I've put some items up for auction, and from what some of you are posting,
I can now see what some of the problems are.

I've had items not sell, even when someone's max bid was above the reserve.
I put up a figurine that I wanted $600 for, but I put a $400 reserve on it. It
sat for days at $20, $21, $22 etc.. and in the last few seconds the price
shot up. The clock ran out before the computer could handle all the last
second bids. I had two people tell me that they had put in maximum bids in
the price range I wanted. ($600) but the bidding never got over $350 before
time ran out.

So, I don't play. If I want it, I'll bid a fair price. And like Chuck, I tend to win
about half of the items I bid on. Sometimes for great prices, sometimes
fair prices.
 
Charlie .... I'm certain you'll agree with me that when we go shopping we always try to pay the lowest price for whatever it is that we want. It's the same thing when I shop at ebay. I decide on the maximum price that I would want to pay and then enter that amount during the last two seconds of the auction. I've learned from experience that bidding early only results in my paying more than I might have by bidding late. Sellers on ebay aren't there to give things away .... nor am I, as a buyer, interested in paying more for something if I could have gotten it cheaper.

I guess I always wonder why sellers put a reserve on an item when they can just set the starting bid to the least amount that they would take for it.

I appreciate your viewpoint about this ...... I'm just trying to help you understand why people snipe.
 
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Oh, I understand .. and I don't blame them. I just think it is too bad that
by trying to outdo everyone else, people often hurt everyone, themselves
included. There should be a better way to do it.

As for the reserve, sometimes I'll start there. Most often, that brings no bids.
.. just watchers.
 
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