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Here's a little question for you guys with more Ebay knowledge/experience, than me.
For the third time in a week, using two different computers, I have watched and attempted to bid on some low dollar listings ($0-$200). All three times, with less than 2 minutes left, my screen was frozen and I either did not get to update my bid (once), or place my bid (twice). In each instance, I would have bid higher. I am using a high speed cable connection or my WIFI connection. My M.O. is no different than what I always do. Did they implement some sort of anti sniping program?
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Here's a little question for you guys with more Ebay knowledge/experience, than me. For the third time in a week, using two different computers, I have watched and attempted to bid on some low dollar listings ($0-$200). All three times, with less than 2 minutes left, my screen was frozen and I either did not get to update my bid (once), or place my bid (twice). In each instance, I would have bid higher. I am using a high speed cable connection or my WIFI connection. My M.O. is no different than what I always do. Did they implement some sort of anti sniping program? [/ QUOTE ] A tad confused,are you actually using a sniping program?.If so you should check your settings-the format should fire in you highest bid with six seconds left in the auction.If you are manually trying to bid as the auction is expiring you will never be able to reload and beat the computer unless you put in a very high amount.I experienced CRT lockup at the moment of truth on a must have item and to top it off it went for peanuts which really salted it-have been using e-snipe ever since it's worth the fees.Kinda like Tivo for auctions,they are on your time as opposed to vice versa ![]() |
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Yes, I am manually entering the bids. This always worked before......but that was before. I guess I'd better update my process. You mentioned e-snipe, do they charge by the bid, or just a flat fee? Thanks, Steve
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Steve: I don't see the feasibility or an advantage for Ebay to have an anti-sniping setup. It would be shooting themselves in the foot from a higher fee per sell standpoint, and it defeats the purpose of having a time limit on the auction in the first place. My money would be on the amount of traffic/bandwidth on the server on Ebay's end...
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I did a quick google search on the topic, and there is a program for sellers who dislike snipers. Evidently these sellers were denied the right to vote in Florida sometime ago, and are now getting even with the "man".
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In the past,I've seen a few sellers stating in their auction descriptions that because they despise the sniper bidders so,they would not accept any bids in the last 5 minutes of their auctions.Needless to say this made the snipers place their final bids 5 minutes before these auctions ended.So the sellers revised their descriptions to say now they would not notice any bids within the last 10 minutes of their auctions.Needless to say this made snipers bid 10 minutes before these auctions ended.
It was all quite comical. ![]() |
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