Auction Sniping Services

[KnightOfTruth]

Originally Posted by Dr_Jengo

So with 20 mins left to the auction, I got ready to snipe. It was about 1.40am. Auction ends at about 2.00am. I was sitting on the bed..

1.45am: Ok man, I'm ready..
1.50am: Alright this is it, this auction is mine!
1.52am: Here it goes.. this thing is going down!
.

2.25am: Oh crap! I dozed off!!!!!!

Nooooooo.... This JUST happened to me last night, I even set an alarm and everything but I set it for 15 minutes before it ended thinking it'd give me time to "wake up"... Unfortunately it gave me time to fall back asleep, missed a great deal on a Halo Reach Press Kit (the briefcase) :'(

[Redmagster]

Superb useful thread full of good hints on winning on eBay.

Even to those who are not members of CE.org......

So now we'll be up against all the casual lurkers too....

[Ayiu]

ebay Germany prohibits the use of auction sniping tools

[Redmagster]

Have you actually tried it?!?

I saw an auction once that said 'no sniping' interesting I thought... And they're going to police it how??

[Ayiu]

Originally Posted by Redmagster

Have you actually tried it?!?

I saw an auction once that said 'no sniping' interesting I thought... And they're going to police it how??

Never tried it but just because I didn't get that tool to work After that I read in their policy that it is prohibited anyway and that you will risk a lifetime ban.

[Redmagster]

Originally Posted by Ayiu

Never tried it but just because I didn't get that tool to work After that I read in their policy that it is prohibited anyway and that you will risk a lifetime ban.

Wow that's rough!! Especially as overseas bidders can use it...

[Redmagster]

Swifty is spot on about one of the benefits of sniping is that it cuts out shill bidding but in that way it can also keep prices down which eBay hates...

Add to that that you don't get the 'I've been outbid so I MUST win' which over inflates prices (how many times have you see an auction end higher than those bidding could get that item on another listing for a buy it now?!?!)

AND that new ebayers must get demoralised when they get outbid at the last second (as I was so many time until I googled to find out why....) and you can see why eBay would not support the practice...

[SwiftDeath]

Originally Posted by Ayiu

Never tried it but just because I didn't get that tool to work After that I read in their policy that it is prohibited anyway and that you will risk a lifetime ban.

The only way ebay could enforce that would be logging IP addresses and generating a list of potential sniping addresses

Didn't the Berlin court declare ebays ban illegal?

http://m.heise.de/newsticker/meldung...from-classic=1

Also eBay US allows it

I've used gixen quite a bit on ebay Germany without any issues

Super helpful for time management in those cases

[Redmagster]

Originally Posted by SwiftDeath

The only way ebay could enforce that would be logging IP addresses and generating a list of potential sniping addresses

Didn't the Berlin court declare ebayers ban illegal?

http://m.heise.de/newsticker/meldung...from-classic=1

Also eBay US allows it

I've used gixen quite a bit on ebay Germany without any issues

Super helpful for time management in those cases

Since these snipers bid from your account there is no way (without extreme effort) it can be proved that you didn't just place a vey late bid...