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Originally Posted by Twistedsymphony
I've been using auctionsniper.com for years and I don't even place normal bids anymore... if it's not buy it now I'm sniping.
I lose about half the time and a win about half the time but I never overpay and never have to camp out for the end of the auction  |
I'm the exact same way
I snipe every auction now just out of how easy it is
Helps me to control what I will and won't pay for things
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Originally Posted by Twistedsymphony
One feature I LOVE about Auction sniper is bid groups. Basically you put a bunch of items in a group and it will auto snipe every one of them until lit wins one and then it stops.
So for example say you wanted to buy a Game and there are 15 auctions that all end at different times. You want to get it for a really low price so you setup all 15 auctions as snipes and put them into a bid group.
Auction sniper will snipe the first ending auction and if it loses, then it tries to snipe the 2nd and 3rd and then 4, etc.
as soon as it wins an auction in a group it stops sniping.
I did this when the Wii was first released and was going on eBay for twice retail, I managed to snip one for only $20 over retail using bid groups... there were so many auctions on eBay that I managed to snipe one in the middle of the night that most other people happened to miss.
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Given the price difference Gixen sounds like a better deal, but I have no idea if they offer bid groups like AuctionSniper.
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Yeah forgot to mention it but Gixen does offer group bidding (aka dutch bidding). I just never use it so forgot about it but it looks reasonably good
You can set up to ten different bidding groups on gixen from the look of it and it's available in the free version as well
Not sure if there is a limit to the number of auctions you can have in a single bidding group though
Gixen mirror just adds higher fault tolerance (or lower, I can never remember which is better)
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Originally Posted by HIPPEEDUDE
The only benefit i see in a service such is this is as you said the whole different time zone thing. This is the major hurdle we all face sooner or later. I cant remeber what service i tried but the damn thing never worked right. I might give the gixen thingy a try on something i dont really want & see what happens. If it doesnt work,i will blame you  |
Yep it's great for time management
Tbh gixen just works for me but it is very important to realize it won't magically get you through an ebay seller's bidder blocks (i.e. if seller blocks buyers from other countries etc.)