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Re: Ebay sniper? you make the call
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lugnet.market.theory
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Tue, 19 Nov 2002 23:19:31 GMT
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Moved to .theory in an attempt to not upset Kevin (and because .auction is
only for auction ANNOUNCEMENTS)
Hey I snipe. Everyone snipes. Sniping is the game you must play on ebay.
9/10 times I must snipe to win. I have a cable (cox) ISP and can press the
button with 4 seconds and the bid counts at 2. It is nasty - I know.
What you need to do is...
Have two browser windows open.
On the first one, set to the place bid page.
On the other watch the auction.
In the last hour or so, the time remaining will also display seconds. Set a
stop watch to countdown 50 (or whatever) minutes. Refresh your browser
every second until the time remaining says 50:04 and turn on the countdown.
In the last minute, set your first snipe - 60% of your max bid. Other
snipers may give up under that pressure. Place it at 30 seconds. Now reset
the page to place a final bid, for 100% of your max bid.
Watch you countdown... at 5 seconds move the mouse over the "place the bid
now" button and at 1 click the mouse down and at 0 let the mouse up!!! The
tension rises. At the confirmation page you will discover if your 100% bid
beat the other sniper's proxy. If it did, you may have won. Check back to
the auction page --- and YES! You won!!! Wohoo.
Jeremy
In lugnet.market.auction, Scott Costello writes:
> It’s really not a big deal, but I was bidding on an item on Ebay and I was
> out bid, literally 3 seconds before the item closed. Is that even possible?
> Was it just extraordinary luck that the winning bidder clicked submit just
> under the wire or was there something else afoot? I am just curious, I have
> been sniped before, but never with 3 seconds remaining in an auction. Anyone
> else have anything like this happen before? I am a pretty unlucky guy so it
> could just be me.
>
> Scott
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 | | Re: Ebay sniper? you make the call
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| (...) Not everyone snipes, but lots of people do, including me :^) I don't know why a lot of people get upset at sniping, it's within the rules and if you can't be present at an auction end, just get one of the automated sniping programs to work for (...) (22 years ago, 19-Nov-02, to lugnet.market.theory)
| | | Re: Ebay sniper? you make the call
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| (...) I agree sniping is part of the game. I am not always happy about sniping but I do have a concern with the use of software that jams other bidders from bidding on an item near the close of an auction. I have had this happen on several occasions (...) (22 years ago, 20-Nov-02, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Ebay sniper? you make the call
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| It’s really not a big deal, but I was bidding on an item on Ebay and I was out bid, literally 3 seconds before the item closed. Is that even possible? Was it just extraordinary luck that the winning bidder clicked submit just under the wire or was (...) (22 years ago, 19-Nov-02, to lugnet.market.auction)
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