Auction Sniping Services

[SwiftDeath]

Originally Posted by HIPPEEDUDE

Well,i have bit the bullet & tried it as well on something i wasnt fussed on but didnt win. Realised afterwards about the whole six second thing,which is a little stinky if someone has a three second thingy in place. Still not really sure about it to be honest,i may use it on things that i am not too worried about & if the time is stupid early in the morning,other than that dont know. I like the whole set & forget thing but i always like to see an end of the auction,get a feel for what the other bidders might do,if the other bidders have bid on similar items or the sellers other items. You never know what other bidders will do.

I bid on one auction today,no bids at $20 & 2 min to go then someone bids. At one min to go they bid again,at 30 seconds to go they bid yet again. So at this stage i am thinking poo bum,i am not getting this cheap anymore. I throw a bid in with 4 seconds to go & win at $24.56. I am buggered if i know why the first bidder even bid 3 times just to go to like $24. Gets more stupid,same bidder bid on another item from the same seller,starting price $20 bids 3 times again & i won the item at $21.50. This is the sort of fun you miss out on,the thrill & the rush of being one step ahead with mere seconds to go. Use a snipe its like you walk in & its "oh,did i win that,great". Doing a manual snipe is a thrill ride that can be addictive,lol

To be honest it really doesn't matter if it's 3 or 6 seconds

Manual snipers can bid closer to the end I guess but at the end of the day it's all about your maximum bid

I really dislike bidding more than I want to on something

So rarely feel bad about what I spend because of sniping

I suppose at the end of the day it's about what you prefer

I dislike watching the end of an auction as being outbid will likely make me bid more than my maximum amount etc.

[twistedsymphony]

Originally Posted by SwiftDeath

I don't believe there is any option in gixen that will result in email notifications from gixen (I.E. if you pay for the service)

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What email notifications does auctionsniper send out anyways?

Warnings of upcoming bids?

There are a number of different notifications that you can choose to received

the one that I care about is: if the auction price goes above your snipe amount before it's over.

if this happens DAYS or HOURS before the snipe it gives you a chance to reconsider how much you want to snipe for.

if this happens in the last few seconds of the snipe such that your snipe never gets placed (because it's too low) then it's nice to have that end of auction confirmation... since you wont be getting one from eBay since no bid was ever placed.

[SwiftDeath]

Originally Posted by Twistedsymphony

There are a number of different notifications that you can choose to received

the one that I care about is: if the auction price goes above your snipe amount before it's over.

if this happens DAYS or HOURS before the snipe it gives you a chance to reconsider how much you want to snipe for.

if this happens in the last few seconds of the snipe such that your snipe never gets placed (because it's too low) then it's nice to have that end of auction confirmation... since you wont be getting one from eBay since no bid was ever placed.

I can see the usefulness in that

Doesn't bother me that much but I guess I snipe without looking back???

I certainly don't win everything I want though

[twistedsymphony]

yeah it's not a huge deal... but a lot of times I place snips for stuff that doesn't end for another whole week. Then I end up forgetting about it

[HIPPEEDUDE]

Well,i now officially give thanks for the mention of this service. I am now a convert & have subscribed to Gixen after i accidently discovered a nice little loophole by using the service to bid on items. Lets see if anyone else can figure out the loophole,lol

[SwiftDeath]

Originally Posted by HIPPEEDUDE

Well,i now officially give thanks for the mention of this service. I am now a convert & have subscribed to Gixen after i accidently discovered a nice little loophole by using the service to bid on items. Lets see if anyone else can figure out the loophole,lol

Good to hear but now I feel foolish for not knowing the loophole it provides

Hmm somehow lets you through some buyer restrictions maybe?

Probably not that as I'm still restricted by any restriction imposed by normal buyer blocks

[LowlyAssassin]

Oh loopholes

Short of winning the auction at a lower price then other people actually bid
I can't see anything useful in any way
As I can already bid on any item from any destination thanks to Google maps

[LowlyAssassin]

Loophole as follows
Maybe
If you place a legit bid of 5000 or a huge amount to make you the highest bidder (through normal eBay)

Retract your bid saying you typed in the wrong amount

Then put your price your willing to bid into gixen
You will guaranteed win even if someone bids more

Oh if only that where true

[Redmagster]

Originally Posted by HIPPEEDUDE

Well,i now officially give thanks for the mention of this service. I am now a convert & have subscribed to Gixen after i accidently discovered a nice little loophole by using the service to bid on items. Lets see if anyone else can figure out the loophole,lol

Does it have anything to do with other bidders??

[nipperkipper]

Originally Posted by HIPPEEDUDE

Well,i now officially give thanks for the mention of this service. I am now a convert & have subscribed to Gixen after i accidently discovered a nice little loophole by using the service to bid on items. Lets see if anyone else can figure out the loophole,lol

Maybe allowing you to bid on US items that say no international shipping? i'm intrigued