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[Monte_SS]

Good idea is to get yourself a good sniping program. You will save more than you pay for the program on your first decently priced bid. It will wait until the very end of the auction to "snipe" in your bid at the last second. Bud of mine uses Auction Sniper but I am sure there are many out there to choose from. He rarely ever loses an auction he has set up to snipe.

Monte_SS

[nuch_ss396]

The only thing these SNIPING services do is get you in at
the end of the auction. I once tried this myself and I
lost the auction because two other bidders did the same
exact thing ( sniping ). It all comes down to how much
you are willing to bid up. I often wonder if this is why
eBay prices are going through the roof. Just look at the
recent 4296 ZL-1 carb that went for $10,000 on eBay.

The high bidder backed out I understand.

On another note, I have had a couple of shill bid
experiences on eBay over the years. My favorite was a
guy with ( 0 ) feedbacks was trying to sell a bunch of
BBC aluminum ( L/89 ) components. Everytime someone bid
on one of these auctions, they were immediately upped by
another bidder, also with ( 0 ) feedbacks. This was the
same situation for every auction this guy was running,
including the items I was bidding on. So, I complained to
eBay and they pulled all of his auctions.

The seller later contacted me and asked if I was still
interested in the items. SORRY - NO !

I also had a seller ( that I won a few items from ) contact
me and ask me to outbid the high bidder on one of his
current auctions. Seems the seller didn't want to sell to
the high bidder due to personal issues. I didn't want to
get in the middle.....

You can be sure this happens a lot more than most of us
know. Just look at the BB starter heat shield that popped
off for over $1,200 yesterday on eBay. Where this kind of
money is concerned, the ends do justify the means, I'm
afraid. I don't like it, but this is reality.

Steve

[TXSS]

You can have a number of ebay accounts but what eBay looks for are bids that come from different User ID's that have the same IP address (Internet Protocol Address) Every Internet connection has a unique IP address. So even if you log out and log back in with a different user Id you're busted if you use the same computer. To really get away with it you need to have a different computer and a different Internet connection for each user ID. Way to much work for me.

Rick

[nuch_ss396]

It's as simple as using your work computer, or a friends
computer. It's all about the money.

Steve

[John Brown]

Wonder what they think about me? I use three different accounts, two personal, one business. I buy on one personal account, sell on the other personal account. I both buy and sell on the business account. I use my business computer, my home computer, local library, other librarys when I'm out of town and several friends computers. All with different internet serices. I snipe in the last 3 seconds, I bid early. Only thing I don't do is jack my own auctions. Dont need to. The stuff is either valuable enough and gets enough exposure, or isn't worth anything so it's "good riddance" if it sells for a buck.

Long live the internet auctions!