Ebay snipe service ***Off Topic***
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Originally Posted by LittleJake
I checked out esnipe, it wants my ebay password and ebay username, did you feel comfortable giving it out? Its a legit company right?
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Burning Brakes
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From: Ville de la Baie Quebec. A winner is just a loser who tried again.
I don't undestand these snipers,, if you loose out on an auction because someone has bided higher than your max bid,,, maybe you should have put a higher max bid,,??? Maybe theres something I'm missing 
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Melting Slicks
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From: Nashville TN
The trick is not to bid on the item until the last minute of the auction to help keep the items price down and within reach of us poor folk. If I bid my max with hours and hours left to go anyone can come in and bid over me and if im not at the house or around a computer I wouldnt even have the opportunity to bid higher and would lose the auction. With the snipe service it lets me do other things and it puts my max bid in with 6 seconds to go and gives me a greater chance at winning the auction.
Oh yeah, just won my first auction using the esnipe and im liking it.
Oh yeah, just won my first auction using the esnipe and im liking it.
Drifting
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From: Baltimore MD
Originally Posted by Michel B
I don't undestand these snipers,, if you loose out on an auction because someone has bided higher than your max bid,,, maybe you should have put a higher max bid,,??? Maybe theres something I'm missing
Racer
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From: Dunbarton NH
Originally Posted by IrishJoker
Hey I am with you! I place a max bid - get an e-mail from ebay to remind me the bid is almost closing - if someone starts jacking the price up at the end and I loose so be it. Besides I see that happening a lot coming to think of it and that makes me worry. Makes me think the seller has a friend boosting the price at the last second.
(I agree. I think it is happenin too.)
Burning Brakes
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From: Ville de la Baie Quebec. A winner is just a loser who tried again.
Originally Posted by LittleJake
The trick is not to bid on the item until the last minute of the auction to help keep the items price down and within reach of us poor folk. If I bid my max with hours and hours left to go anyone can come in and bid over me and if im not at the house or around a computer I wouldnt even have the opportunity to bid higher and would lose the auction. With the snipe service it lets me do other things and it puts my max bid in with 6 seconds to go and gives me a greater chance at winning the auction.
Oh yeah, just won my first auction using the esnipe and im liking it.
Oh yeah, just won my first auction using the esnipe and im liking it.
Burning Brakes
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From: Ville de la Baie Quebec. A winner is just a loser who tried again.
Originally Posted by IrishJoker
Hey I am with you! I place a max bid - get an e-mail from ebay to remind me the bid is almost closing - if someone starts jacking the price up at the end and I loose so be it. Besides I see that happening a lot coming to think of it and that makes me worry. Makes me think the seller has a friend boosting the price at the last second.
Melting Slicks
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From: Montreal Qc.
Originally Posted by LittleJake
Oh yeah, just won my first auction using the esnipe and im liking it.
Thats what I use.
Team Owner
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From: Huntersville NC
And of course if somebody outbids me I would NEVER EVER accept an offer from the seller, even at my high bid. ("Oh, the winning bidder backed out... Would you like to buy my item at your bid price?). If the winning bidder wasn't "real" then I probably could have won the auction at a much lower price. Sorry, I am not playing that game!
Have you ever watched an auction that stayed at a very low price, and you are waiting until the last second to place your bid... and then with about 5 minutes left in the auction the seller ends the auction because the price is too low??
Have you ever watched an auction that stayed at a very low price, and you are waiting until the last second to place your bid... and then with about 5 minutes left in the auction the seller ends the auction because the price is too low??
Melting Slicks
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From: Montreal Qc.
Originally Posted by LittleJake
(was the trailer hitch for a vette?)
I'm not really that bugged on the snipage anyway, I found one near the same price at Buy-It-Now a few hours later.
