One of the absolute worst things about Ebay is when the new buyer feels compelled to outbid everyone in small increments, so that there are 30 bids from 3 or 4 bidders on an item that should be cheap.

Even worse it two newbies bidding against each other. Sadly, that never happens when I am selling.

You are losing alot of money from potential customers like me!

You should consider the distinct possibility that this is actually a shill bidder(s) acting to stimulate buyer interest and drive the price up.

Oh yeah, you are absolutely right. I just walk away from those auctions, especially when they have gone past what I am willing to pay.

most of the suff I sell gets about 20 to 50% of the selling price in the last 2 minutes. thank you snipers. I wish there was a way to kick back the time remaining , 10 seconts to go snipers bid it up and then wait theres an extra minute so keep on biding

That just happend on one of my auctions! I sold a 1978 22.5" Trek TX-500 Ishiwata 022 frame for $331.00 I was completely floored. Two bidders w/ a total of 16 feedback between them. The paint had plenty of scratches and while in good shape, it was a rider not a museum piece. The paint was a bit of an odd color for a Trek kind of mint green think mid 60's GM paint color so maybe that had something to do with it.

I doubt this would have much effect. Speaking for myself, I treat the auctions like a sealed bid auction. I decide beforehand the maximum amount that I am willing to pay for the item, then put the bid in the last few seconds. If I get it, great. If not, well someone was just willing to pay more than I was. If more time was allowed, I would not be upping my bid for the item. I'm just trying to avoid the newbies who have to nick away at you a dollar at a time until they finally best your bid. I don't give them the chance. I suspect most snipers operate on the same theory.

+1 Exactly!

I use esnipe.com for all my ebaying other than buy-it-now. It's best to look at the item, decide on a price, and never look at the listing again; otherwise I'm often tempted to raise my snipe amount.

Actually, that is how it is done on the Overstock.com auction site. If bids are placed in the last 30 secs or so, additional time (I think 5 minutes) is added to the clock. I, as a buyer, never did like that deal!

farg it.
I just got sniped on a nice suntour superbe wheelset, 1 second to go.
So from now on I'm gonna snipe, and I just may be a bastige about it and
not prebid.
As Alice Cooper said "No more mister nice guy"

marty

There is nothing nice about the new ebay modifications, adapt, or be poor or stay empty handed, or sell everything with friend's assisting with fresh identities.

There unfortunately is no logical reason not to lay in wait and snipe, and don't watch the auctions officially, another ebay member can piggyback your good searching andsnipe what you "found" for them, as what you watch is "public".

We live in so much danger.

Oh? Do tell.

try it. look up a member, someone who buys consistantly, and without too much clicking you can see through their profile and a bit beyond what they are watching. Once I found out about that, all the auctions I track I do by hand or let the sniping software keep tabs for me.

The ebay watch list is useful but not private.

You can also see how many are watching a particular item, a way to see if it is going to be "hot".

Just another reason to snipe.

Not normally, but sometimes I'll have multiples of a used/nos/liquidated item--basically identical--so the same description/photo can apply to all items. On the whole, though, most people don't take advantage of my "buy it now" offer. (they probably think it's a scam )

I"ve had some really bad stuff on ebay happen to me. My last auction had 7 attempts to steal my password and someone else used my pics on there own auction???

I tried myself to see if this is possible - couldn't find it. Exactly where did you find this (and the exact steps you took to get to it?)

Take care,

-Kurt

I'd like to know how you do this also.
I used to do something like this through the "search by bidder" feature, but now you can only see the ended auctions that a person bid on. I miss being able to do that. It saved me a lot of work.

Let me see if I have this right, ebay gets paid to list the item, ebay gets paid when the item is sold, paypal gets paid when the item is purchased, credit card company, that paypal is charged to, gets paid, the shipping company gets paid, and the snipe company gets paid. Anybody else? Oh yeah, the poor shnook who lists the item gets whats left.
I only sell on Craigslist. I keep all the money.

Yes, but you don't get the market exposure that ebay provides. Nobody has the time to search craiglist for all the cities all over the country. If you get what you want for your item great, but you will never benefit from a couple crazy guys getting into a bidding war over your item and paying five times what you wanted for it.

Sure you do! https://crazedlist.org/

Wow. That's neat!
Like his disclaimer:
"if you meant to type craigslist and somehow ended at this site, you are either psychic or a moron."

Not as clever, but they respect your search privacy:
https://us.ixquick.com/eng/advanced_search.html

Yeah c'mon... spill it! What sniping service/software are you using? It doesn't appear the info you refer to is available through normal eBay channels. At least I couldn't find it either. Is it a Firefox Extension by any chance?

Wow! That's great. Thanks for the link!

Wicked cool! Thanks.