Lanny Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 Awhile back, there was a thread on WTM about Sniping on eBay. Usually, I buy things that are "Buy it Now". Yesterday, I had been looking at the listing for a laptop that is much more powerful than the one my wife has, because she is a "Gamer". There were no bids on it. About 10 minutes before the Auction ended, I went in and told her about it. By the time I found my eBay login information and got logged into Gixen (free Sniping service) and placed my bid, the auction had ended. I have very little $ in my PayPal account at the moment and the winning bid was $31.76 more than my bid would have been, had it been submitted earlier.. This is the information you should know about that auction: There were 3 bidders. There were 6 bids. All of the bidding was done during the last 30 - 60 seconds of the auction. It was a 7 day auction. If I had tried to participate earlier, I would have been the 4th bidder. All 3 bidders were (almost positively) Sniping. After the next transfer of funds into my PayPal account is done, I will add the Gixen Sniping service to the web sites I have in my LastPass and then I will be able to log in to Gixen much more quickly in the future. And, I will give GIxen the information about my bid much earlier, so they can submit it on time (during the last 5 seconds of the auction). http://www.gixen.com/index.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MercyA Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 Yep, I almost always use esnipe and have it automatically place my bid about 4 seconds before auction end. It's saved me money and helped me win auctions that I otherwise would not have won. It's totally worth the $0.25 for each winning bid. (It costs a little more for items over $24.99 and is free if I don't win.) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serenade Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 Yep, I almost always use esnipe and have it automatically place my bid about 4 seconds before auction end. It's saved me money and helped me win auctions that I otherwise would not have won. It's totally worth the $0.25 for each winning bid. (It costs a little more for items over $24.99 and is free if I don't win.) Esnipe is what I use, not that I bid much anymore. But in my days of heavy bidding, it never failed me. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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