powderblue
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posted on January 3, 2001 09:18:41 AM
I haven't used it in a while, and need to snipe a number of upcoming auctions--all at one time.
How has it been working lately???
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borgt
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posted on January 3, 2001 09:30:57 AM
I've had trouble accessing and navigating their site, but once I get a bid placed it seems to go off without a hitch. I've been using an 8 second buffer without a problem.
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elfgifu
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posted on January 3, 2001 10:03:09 AM
I last used it just before Christmas -- no problem. I should add, though, that I guess I have been lucky because I have never had a problem with it and use it frequently. Let us know how it works out!
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humber2
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posted on January 3, 2001 11:40:12 AM
It works fine.
It would be nice to hear from the seller and new owner something.
I guess "no news is good news" applies
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whopsiedaisy
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posted on January 3, 2001 12:28:02 PM
Haven't had a problem with it yet, just used it a couple days ago!
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bobbysoxer
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posted on January 4, 2001 01:50:06 AM
No problems. Within the last few weeks I was successful in winning three auctions. One auction had about four other bidders.
You can still use just the item number.
I love snipping and love seeing it on my auctions! 
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wryly
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posted on January 4, 2001 03:48:23 AM
Sorry for my ignorance but what is E-SNIPE? Sounds interesting.
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mintleslie
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posted on January 4, 2001 07:29:12 AM
Snipeing is excatly why Ebay auctions are not really auctions, But when you're selling who cares ?? Most serious buyers don't use it and all it does is ruin the auction for the buyers who really want or need something.
My opinion only,
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goodvibrations
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posted on January 4, 2001 08:58:05 AM
I'm a serious buyer and I use it. Why should I tip my hand early in an auction? I know that Ebay does go out occasionally like recently, but I'll take that risk. I'll put in my max bid with an 8 second buffer and I win the bid, how does that make it less an auction than putting in my max bid early on? Max bid is max bid.
If somebody really wants something and doesn't want to snipe, they should put in their max bid early. If their max bid exceeds my sniping max bid they'll win the auction. If they don't, oh well, too bad on them. Play the game or stay home.
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cmbtboots
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posted on January 4, 2001 10:59:23 AM
goodvibrations: well said!
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RainyBear
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posted on January 4, 2001 11:15:00 AM
mintleslie... au contraire! I only snipe when I'm really serious about wanting an item. I always put in a low- to mid-range bid early on to stake out my territory, then if I'm outbid I'll wait and pounce.
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lswanson
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posted on January 4, 2001 11:23:47 AM
WHERE is e-snipe?
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lswanson
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posted on January 4, 2001 11:28:48 AM
Mintleslie, sniping is what puts the auction back into eBay. I've only done it once on an item I really wanted. The other serious bidder and I went back and forth for nearly 15 minutes, before the auction closed. He won, but it was a heck of a lot of fun.
Unfortunately, we can't all sit around and watch the computer all day and engage in active bidding. There are too many times when my bid in the hundreds was beaten out by a $5 bid because I wasn't able to bid once more. And proxy bidding is NOT the same.
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bobbysoxer
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posted on January 4, 2001 11:35:38 AM
When there is a group of bidders on a catagory the bidders will monitor each others bidding. Whenever a seller of an item in the catagory fails to properly list the auction to attract bidders such as misspelling the "allowed" keywords for searching, a bidder not wanting to tip the other bidders to the auction will snipe the auction.
The other day I sniped an item that had misspelled "allowed" keywords. I was the only bidder. Got a great deal! Gotta love it!
I agree bidders who bid early need to place their max and if they outbid me when I snipe, they outbid me. It's that simple!
I am really surprised in the number of people who bid the minimum.
not bobbysoxer on eBay
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bobbysoxer
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posted on January 4, 2001 11:39:23 AM
lswanson
http://www.esnipe.com/
not bobbysoxer on eBay
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docadoodle
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posted on January 4, 2001 06:01:10 PM
Speaking of sniping, I used vrane for the first time today. Worked like a charm with 8 seconds left. Only drawback is you can't set a buffer, but I believe they always get the bid in with 6-10 seconds left. I also look for poorly described and misspelled items. They are always the best ones to snipe. For me sniping is a defence against paying near my maximum. For example if I leave a proxy of $50 on a $10 inital bid, often a bidder will put in several bids trying to find my proxy. If I leave a low proxy early, eg. 20.00 I let them think they've got me, then I swoop in and snipe them with the high proxy I would have left earlier. I've been able to get quite a few bargains that way. Worse case is that I get the item but pay a higher price plus if ebay does go down, I did have a reasonable bid in prior.
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cmbtboots
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posted on January 4, 2001 07:15:51 PM
docadoodle Ya wanna find some good stuff? Do a search on "swede".
I gotts me an awesome long black "swede" coat for 8 bucks. yeehaw. It blows my little mind when I see all the misspelled titles, but it shore gettts me and my kin folk the good booty.
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xardon
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posted on January 4, 2001 07:16:37 PM
I too am a serious buyer.
I use esnipe for all my buys. I was growing very frustrated with esnipe before it's recent sale. It's working fine now. I can't help but wonder, though, if its current good performance is somehow tied in with a smaller user base. Hmmmm, on second thought, esnipe sucks!
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lswanson
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posted on January 4, 2001 08:27:01 PM
Bobbysoxer, thanks for the address.
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bobbysoxer
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posted on January 5, 2001 01:25:34 AM
lswanson
Your welcome
Another thing about esnipe (or whatever service one uses -I prefer esnipe to snipe though) is that it puts us webtv'rs on an equal footing with pcs on the last second bidding.
not bobbysoxer on eBay
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