Originally Posted by
GV27
Because it sucks to put in a bid with 10 seconds to go only to have 5 other bids come in in those ten seconds from people with auto-bidding software.
Originally Posted by
gridplan
Sniping software doesn't have anything to do with why you lost. If you bid high enough, you will win. Enter $100,000 for that Campy wrench you want. You may grossly overpay for it, but you will win.
I have used eSnipe for years. Few reasons:
1) I'm one less bidder in the fray to raise prices.
2) I can set and forget the bid. eSnipe also e-mails me 90 minutes beofre the auction close, so I get a chance to cancel my eSnipe bid if I like.
3) Bid groups. Say I want a Shimano 600 RD and there's auctions for 5 of them active. I can put eSnipe bds for all 5 in a bid group at whatever bid I want to make for each auction individually. eSnipe bids per my instructions on each auction in turn and when the first auction is won, the remaining bids are automatically cancelled. It's brilliant.
Whether you bid your maximum in the first minute of the auction or the last five seconds, if you don't have the high bid you lose. If you want to beat snipers bid your maximum right out of the gate. People who get mad losing to snipers don't understand the dynamics and methods of bidding.
Really, if you're bidding in the last 10 seconds you're sniping, you're just using the software between your ears. Guess you'll just have to time your manual bid in for the last
3 seconds of the auction.