Ebay sniping software recommendations?
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From: The NewGuy on 5 May 2008 11:43 > > > Anyway, how can someone "mistakenly" end it in the > > > middle of the night? Whether its a three-day, > > > five-day, seven-day, ten-day auction or whatever, > > > if it ends at 2:01 AM, then it started at 2:01 AM. > > Actually, if you want, you can start it at any time you want. It *does* cost > > you though. > > only if you use ebay to schedule it. if you use software on the mac > (or pc) that schedules it, there's no additional charge. Recommendations? That's a great idea.
From: The NewGuy on 5 May 2008 11:48 > As such, while "10 seconds" can be argued to be the best, the > pragmatic reality is that there's not really going to be that much of > a difference ... based on "competitive" responses ... in the last 5, > sometimes 10, minutes. There sure has been in my situation bidding on some computer items. I've seen several auctions go up from $5 to $50 in the last 2 minutes! Now if one is camping on an auction, watching it with the page automatically refreshing in the last few minutes, one's emotional attitude is more attuned to "winning" the auction. So people bid higher than they normally could rationalize. Its soft of like going to a live auction that is really drawn out. The longer you sit there, the more determined you're going to "win" something. Great for the auctioneer and seller. Bad for the buyer.
From: -hh on 5 May 2008 12:05 The NewGuy <noemailh...(a)please.comm> wrote: > > As such, while "10 seconds" can be argued to be the best, > > the pragmatic reality is that there's not really going > > to be that much of a difference ... based on "competitive" > > responses ... in the last 5, sometimes 10, minutes. > > There sure has been in my situation bidding on some > computer items. Understood; I'm not saying that it never happens. > I've seen several auctions go up from $5 to $50 > in the last 2 minutes! And how is one able to demonstrate that *all* (or even most) of the bids that transpired were due to humans reading screens and pushing keys with a competitive spirit, as opposed to programmed sniping simply doing its thing? > Now if one is camping on an auction, watching it with the page > automatically refreshing in the last few minutes, one's emotional > attitude is more attuned to "winning" the auction. > So people bid higher than they normally could rationalize. Agreed. And such 'overpayers' get taken a couple of times by prgrammed sniping and then choose to resond by automating themselves, but in order to competitively "win" still continue to set high bids. One can't underestimate the ability of people to make unwise bidding decisions, regardless of if they're under a deadline or not. Having their bidding automated should help to reduce the emotional attachment, but its just as likely that they'll still be sitting up watching the event, live. -hh
From: nospam on 5 May 2008 12:12 In article <020f3f9f-0465-42f4-ac87-1d7bb8dd50f2(a)d45g2000hsc.googlegroups.com>, -hh <recscuba_google(a)huntzinger.com> wrote: > And probably just as many (if not more) open & close in a flash > because they made a mistake by setting a too-low "Buy it Now". one key to finding 'deals' is to look for such auctions. i've seen some closed auctions that closed with a buy-it-now in no more than 2-3 minutes after the item was initially posted. clearly, the buy-it-now price was much too low. finding these, however, involves *huge* amount of luck. > As such, while "10 seconds" can be argued to be the best, the > pragmatic reality is that there's not really going to be that much of > a difference ... based on "competitive" responses ... in the last 5, > sometimes 10, minutes. there's often a lot of action in the last few minutes, even the last few seconds, often with items that garnered zero bids during the previous week.
From: nospam on 5 May 2008 12:15
In article <noemailhere-A17E11.10432505052008(a)news.mts.net>, The NewGuy <noemailhere(a)please.comm> wrote: > > only if you use ebay to schedule it. if you use software on the mac > > (or pc) that schedules it, there's no additional charge. > > Recommendations? That's a great idea. the two on the mac are garage buy and isale. ebay offers a listing tool for windows which in my experience is extremely buggy, but it is free. <http://www.iwascoding.com/GarageBuy/> <http://www.equinux.com/us/products/isale/index.html> |