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Post by bushog on Apr 19, 2016 7:38:31 GMT -5
No, this isn't about Hillary...
Do any of you folks use a sniping service like eSnipe or justsnipe for bidding for online auctions?
They wait until the very end of the auction to bid without causing folks previously bidding knowing you're interested.
I guess that since there is the 15 minute rule on Gunbroker it is sort of a moot point there but just wondering..
Lots of guys on the fly rod forums use them.
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Post by BigBore44 on Apr 19, 2016 7:57:35 GMT -5
Not me. I like doing my own sniping!  BigBore44 |
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Post by arokcrwlr on Apr 19, 2016 8:44:22 GMT -5
I have used eSnipe and it works great. I am sure it's annoying to the losing bidders, but all's fair in love, war, and auctions...
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Post by magnumwheelman on Apr 19, 2016 8:52:23 GMT -5
I learned long ago ( as a pretty big time user of both Ebay, & Gun Broker ), to bid what the most you're willing to spend right from the start ( but then I shop on those sites, I don't get caught up in the auctioning part of it  )... if there are no competing bids, you just pay the next increment over the closest competing bidder... AFAIK no one else is supposed to see youe maximum bid... if someone snipes higher than I'm willing pay... I guess I'm fine with that also... shhhh... it's secret... some people list things from Amazon, on Ebay... I always try to check Amazon before I place a bid on one of the other auction sites, for lower prices... |
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Post by gjn on Apr 19, 2016 8:52:32 GMT -5
Wonder what happens if two competing bidders are both using one of those services?
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Post by arokcrwlr on Apr 19, 2016 9:19:42 GMT -5
Wonder what happens if two competing bidders are both using one of those services? The one with the highest maximum will win - unless the auction times out before one or the other maximums are met. Then it's whichever one bids last before auction close... |
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Post by arokcrwlr on Apr 19, 2016 9:21:40 GMT -5
I learned long ago ( as a pretty big time user of both Ebay, & Gun Broker ), to bid what the most you're willing to spend right from the start ( but then I shop on those sites, I don't get caught up in the auctioning part of it )... if there are no competing bids, you just pay the next increment over the closest competing bidder... AFAIK no one else is supposed to see youe maximum bid... if someone snipes higher than I'm willing pay... I guess I'm fine with that also... shhhh... it's secret... some people list things from Amazon, on Ebay... I always try to check Amazon before I place a bid on one of the other auction sites, for lower prices... I do the same thing, but with esnipe. I set my maximum and then forget about it. Some folks watch and try to snipe manually, but they usually lose to a sniping service. |
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Post by bushog on Apr 19, 2016 12:34:46 GMT -5
Can you use esnipe on Gunbroker?
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Post by arokcrwlr on Apr 19, 2016 12:39:38 GMT -5
No sniping on GB due to the 15min rule - which is really the better way to conduct an auction. As long as there are bidders the auction remains open thereby increasing the selling price and auction commission.
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Post by squawberryman on Apr 19, 2016 14:33:43 GMT -5
Fly rodders....
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Post by bushog on Apr 19, 2016 18:07:43 GMT -5
Easy now Greg......
Some of us don't live at sea level.
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Post by bushog on Apr 19, 2016 18:11:01 GMT -5
Yeah, but on GB you would stay out of the bidding until the auction was initially ending.
Might keep folks from staying up late knowing you were in the running.
Will has kept me up late more than once cause I new he was in the hunt.
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)... if there are no competing bids, you just pay the next increment over the closest competing bidder... AFAIK no one else is supposed to see youe maximum bid... if someone snipes higher than I'm willing pay... I guess I'm fine with that 
