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post #16 of 21
7/3/07 at 9:26pm
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Originally Posted by aCommunistSpy View Post
Man, i never knew that you could use services to snipe ebay bids!! thanks and now i'll use the esnipe all the time lol. Before i use it though, does it actually work and is there any sniping programs that are better?
esnipe is the best I have found, all others I have tried only go down to the last 5 seconds or so, esnipe you can do 1second if you want, but it gives you a warning that the bid may or may not be registered. I have always used 3 seconds and it's never not registered a bid.

Fitz is probably right in that there won't be to much of a difference in 15 seconds vs. 3 seconds, but it IS possible, and more likely on very expensive and/or high demand items.

It's like A/C. Once you have tried it you can't live without it
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post #17 of 21
7/4/07 at 3:15am
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Originally Posted by 003 View Post
No that perfectly fine, but with high ticket items, I generally do not like to count on the fact that I will be awake, at my computer and the internet up and stable all at 4 in the morning for example.

Also, the issue with manual sniping, is that it is much harder to snipe in the last 3 seconds like it is with a service, so what ends up happening is the "manual" snipers end up getting sniped by the "automatic" snipers

I kind of disagree... I've managed to snipe the majority of my ~140 items, all manually. I see no value in a sniping service, I always manage to outsnipe the snipe programs, if I want something bad enough. Just bid high enough to win the auc.... but do not go a penny higher than your cap. Basically if you want something bad enough, you are going to have to be prepared to pay $$$ for it, therefore its the bid amount that determines whether or not you win the item, and to a lesser degree the snipe-time remaining. I usually place my snipe bid with 5 seconds remaining in the auc. If my bid is higher than anyone else... I win based on the $$$ amount. Hopefully with less than 5 seconds remaining, there is not enough time remaining for anyone to counter-bid. I am happy with this strategy, it has landed me some good deals.
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post #18 of 21
7/4/07 at 6:25am
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Originally Posted by kramer5150 View Post
I kind of disagree... I've managed to snipe the majority of my ~140 items, all manually. I see no value in a sniping service, I always manage to outsnipe the snipe programs, if I want something bad enough. Just bid high enough to win the auc.... but do not go a penny higher than your cap. Basically if you want something bad enough, you are going to have to be prepared to pay $$$ for it, therefore its the bid amount that determines whether or not you win the item, and to a lesser degree the snipe-time remaining. I usually place my snipe bid with 5 seconds remaining in the auc. If my bid is higher than anyone else... I win based on the $$$ amount. Hopefully with less than 5 seconds remaining, there is not enough time remaining for anyone to counter-bid. I am happy with this strategy, it has landed me some good deals.
I agree with kramer5150. The majority of the items I won on Ebay was done in the last seconds (around 10 - 12 for me) and then going as high as I'm comfortable spending. I notice the items I don't win is because I wasn't willing to put out the $$$ to win it, even though in the end I was probably getting a good deal. But again, congrats to the winner of that auction.
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post #19 of 21
7/4/07 at 10:21am
It was an OK deal, but not the best IMO. I've seen new pairs of RS-1s for 550 and used RA-1s in better condition for 150. Going value for used RS-1s is around 500. So they basically paid $60 for an RA-1 with a loose volume control. Subtract $20 for shipping. If the seller were to part and sell, they would make mabye $50. Good, but not great IMO.

$580 = purchase price
$600-$650 = market value for both items
$20-$70 = gain
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post #20 of 21
7/4/07 at 4:28pm
Yup, sniping is definitely overrated.

Those cents and dollars add up, I'm not giving anybody 1% of my money when I can snipe it myself and know instantly if i won. Treo 755p makes it a bit easier to snipe if I'm away from home!!
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post #21 of 21
7/4/07 at 5:10pm
Esnipe charges you for their service base on the final amount. That'll just add on to the final cost. Thought it was free. I'll manually snipe thank you very much.
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