Auction sniping service

COMICKINGS · Post by **COMICKINGS** » Wed Nov 03, 2004 7:50 pm

Hi,any of you guys using an auction sniping service?Let me know which one is the best to use.I am losing out on some auctions tonight because there's something wrong with the bidding page on Ebay.I use to use Robo Bidder til the guy went out of business last year,and I never went with anybody else.Any help would be appreciated. thanks! Joey

Eric Jackson · Post by **Eric Jackson** » Wed Nov 03, 2004 8:09 pm

I've used www.esnipe.com. It has worked well for me.

wrunow · Post by **wrunow** » Wed Nov 03, 2004 8:21 pm

I prefer www.bidslammer.com although I don't know if there is any real difference between the different auto-snipers out there.

dellamorte · Post by **dellamorte** » Wed Nov 03, 2004 9:25 pm

E-snipe has worked good for me.

myron · Post by **myron** » Wed Nov 03, 2004 9:37 pm

no problems with snipe right

x-omatic · Post by **x-omatic** » Wed Nov 03, 2004 9:38 pm

Knightt_333 wrote:Nothing... I live for the thrill of waiting until the last 30 seconds and placing my bid manually.

And when was the last eBay auction you won?

x-omatic · Post by **x-omatic** » Wed Nov 03, 2004 9:40 pm

Knightt_333 wrote:JUST this freakin' morning...

BIN's don't count.

ZephyrWasHOT!! · Post by **ZephyrWasHOT!!** » Wed Nov 03, 2004 10:57 pm

Esnipe is fne, but you have to PAY. 25 cents MIN PER AUCTION is a ridiculous fee. Ridiculous.

Especially when you win a couple hundred auctions a month.

must...find....free....snipe...service.....

tssgery · Post by **tssgery** » Wed Nov 03, 2004 11:20 pm

I use Bid Nip, at www.bidnip.com

You only pay for auctions you win... the cost runs from 25 cents down to 16 cents...

x-omatic · Post by **x-omatic** » Wed Nov 03, 2004 11:56 pm

ZephyrWasHOT!! wrote:Esnipe is fne, but you have to PAY. 25 cents MIN PER AUCTION is a ridiculous fee. Ridiculous.

Especially when you win a couple hundred auctions a month.

must...find....free....snipe...service.....

You only pay a fee if you win. Every auction I have won the end price was always less than a .25 difference.

kelargo · Post by **kelargo** » Thu Nov 04, 2004 6:59 am

this would be a good sticky?

whetteon · Post by **whetteon** » Thu Nov 04, 2004 10:35 am

Whoops, missed this thread earlier.

Auction Sentry. One time fee of $15 for unlimited snipes and the guy constantly updates the program. For a few more dollars he has an "updgraded" version of the software but I'm quite happy with what I have.

ZephyrWasHOT!! · Post by **ZephyrWasHOT!!** » Thu Nov 04, 2004 3:46 pm

x-omatic wrote:
ZephyrWasHOT!! wrote:Esnipe is fne, but you have to PAY. 25 cents MIN PER AUCTION is a ridiculous fee. Ridiculous.

Especially when you win a couple hundred auctions a month.

must...find....free....snipe...service.....
You only pay a fee if you win. Every auction I have won the end price was always less than a .25 difference.

Yes, I figured that was assumed when I said 'especially when you win a couple hundred...'

Yes, this applies ONLY TO AUCTIONS WON.

Still...I have paid several HUNDRED dollars to e-snipe over four years, just so I wouldn't have to be up at 4 AM to bid. And yes, I have done that.

ZephyrWasHOT!! · Post by **ZephyrWasHOT!!** » Thu Nov 04, 2004 4:35 pm

whetteon wrote:Whoops, missed this thread earlier.

Auction Sentry. One time fee of $15 for unlimited snipes and the guy constantly updates the program. For a few more dollars he has an "updgraded" version of the software but I'm quite happy with what I have.

Oooo...$15 for unlimited snipes? I can DO that! How's stability?

whetteon · Post by **whetteon** » Thu Nov 04, 2004 5:12 pm

ZephyrWasHOT!! wrote:
whetteon wrote:Whoops, missed this thread earlier.

Auction Sentry. One time fee of $15 for unlimited snipes and the guy constantly updates the program. For a few more dollars he has an "updgraded" version of the software but I'm quite happy with what I have.

Oooo...$15 for unlimited snipes? I can DO that! How's stability?

After 1 year I can say it's VERY stable. I can count the number of times on a single hand when the software misfired and I missed an auction. Usually this is closely followed by an update as eBay made a change in their design. I will swear by it!

I believe there is a 10 day free trial to allow you to personally decide if you like the software. All features will be functional (as oppose to numerious "free" runs that limited 95% of the softwares functionality). Good luck.

COMICKINGS · Post by **COMICKINGS** » Thu Nov 04, 2004 5:36 pm

thanks for the input everybody! I'm gonna give Whetteons a try! Sure like the idea of unlimited sniping! Joey

COMICKINGS · Post by **COMICKINGS** » Sat Nov 06, 2004 3:07 pm

well so far,I've won 3 auctions and lost out on 4 because of something happening when the service is supposed to put my bid in.I can't tell what I'm doing wrong,because I have won a few with it.It sucks,I lost on some stuff I needed!

whetteon · Post by **whetteon** » Sun Nov 07, 2004 1:04 pm

COMICKINGS wrote:well so far,I've won 3 auctions and lost out on 4 because of something happening when the service is supposed to put my bid in.I can't tell what I'm doing wrong,because I have won a few with it.It sucks,I lost on some stuff I needed!

Never had a problem with it other then a few rare incidents. Dunno what to say. I guess you can pay your 0.15 fee to just get the privelege of placing a snipe on an auction like the other suckers out there. Good luck with that.

x-omatic · Post by **x-omatic** » Sun Nov 07, 2004 1:33 pm

I have been using esnipe for about 1 1/2 yrs now and have not had a single problem. Other than not bidding high enough.

ZephyrWasHOT!! · Post by **ZephyrWasHOT!!** » Sun Nov 07, 2004 2:38 pm

x-omatic wrote:I have been using esnipe for about 1 1/2 yrs now and have not had a single problem. Other than not bidding high enough.

I've actually not had any problems until very recently, and then they dropped 10 bids in a row. Very disappointing.

By the way...how much are you paying in esnipe fees a month...?

x-omatic · Post by **x-omatic** » Sun Nov 07, 2004 4:08 pm

ZephyrWasHOT!! wrote:
x-omatic wrote:I have been using esnipe for about 1 1/2 yrs now and have not had a single problem. Other than not bidding high enough.
I've actually not had any problems until very recently, and then they dropped 10 bids in a row. Very disappointing.

By the way...how much are you paying in esnipe fees a month...?

Here are my esnipe numbers for the past 1 1/2 years.

Total auctions : 206
Total Bids entered : $6365.18 (only auctions won)
Total End auction amount : $4692.94 (only auctions won)
Total "saved" : $1672.24
Total esnipe fees : $61.52

MedicAR · Post by **MedicAR** » Sun Nov 07, 2004 7:55 pm

GREAT....I lost enough auctions to Comic Kings when they were "honest"

now I have to compete with them when they use a sniping service?!?!?

Good luck and may the best sniping service win!!

COMICKINGS · Post by **COMICKINGS** » Mon Nov 08, 2004 12:02 am

...

...no hard feelings....business is business!...i gave that service another try today...lost out again...i can't figure out what i'm doing wrong...i set it to throw my bid in a 7 seconds to go..maybe that's not enough time

tssgery · Post by **tssgery** » Mon Nov 08, 2004 5:56 am

Using BidNip, I always snipe at 5 seconds and win 80% of the time (with reasonable bids, of course).

If you're getting outbid than 7 seconds is too long, if the snipe service can't place the bid with 7 seconds left, they're not doing something right.

MedicAR · Post by **MedicAR** » Mon Nov 08, 2004 8:19 am

I've used BidNip once now and it worked great! 6 seconds to go and I win!

BTW No hard feelings Comic Kings! Business IS business!!

Take care and good luck with that sniping!
Doug