I had no idea about the sniping programs. I am glad someone brought this up. Now I don't have to set my alarm to get up at 3am to bid at the end of the auction!!!!
ITA! but, I had it fail me...not even bid, for the first time this weekI use Auction Sniper when there is no BIN or Best Offer, but I definitely prefer BIN. Auctions suck!
I do know how they work, I'm a buyer and a seller. People don't just find random items people bid on and bid them up on purpose, it's called a market place. Supply and demand. If you want an item everyone else wants, yes they will all bid on it. The point is, no matter how much you win it for, you get it "cheaper" if it's less than your proxy. You shouldn't care how much it goes up to if you're willing to pay the ammount. Sniping isn't for the purpose of getting an item cheaper, it to get the last bid in.
it's ok for modern stuff but when you're outbid on a rare vintage item, it burns! I missed out on a beige kelly-style bag by 25p and I was smarting for weeks!
I do that, too. I just put the most I'm willing to pay, and if it goes for more than that, I can't control it.I always put my highest bid in right away and not worry if someone snipes it from me. Many snipers have underbid me because they figured my highest bid was a lot lower than they expected.
That's right, but usually nobody places $300 if there is $150 the toppest bid. They place $151.85 or something like that.
thats just bidding for yourself, not proxy bidding. proxy IS putting your highest amount and letting the computer deal with it.
But isn't that because you put in a lower proxy than the person who won? If you had put in a higher proxy, you may still not have won, just that you may have lost by more than a single penny. We'll never know if the winner put in an amount that was astronomically high, therefore always being ahead of your reasonable bids.I lost one item by a single penny,
But isn't that because you put in a lower proxy than the person who won? If you had put in a higher proxy, you may still not have won, just that you may have lost by more than a single penny. We'll never know if the winner put in an amount that was astronomically high, therefore always being ahead of your reasonable bids.
I don't snipe because I get a better sense if I really, really must have that item by waiting till the last minute or so. Often, I think I am going to place a bid... and then... realize I don't want the item enough.
Sniping sux bigtime. I've lost out on several auctions because of it..but in the end..it was just money saved