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Originally posted by wilf
sorry to sound daft but how is this software different to just putting in the max price you would pay on ebay?
doesnt ebay bid for you up to your max bid? if you get outbid does it matter if its by 50p or £5000? |
Wilf, the main difference being that the snipe software doesn't act until the last second - usually 4-5 seconds depending on how you configure it. What this means is that the auction value will generally be lower than using the auto-bid feature. Why? The e-bay auto-bid feature will automatically increment your bids up to your max value when someone else decides to bid - so the price is always going up.
If you snipe, it doesn't increase the price during the auction by continually incrementing the price. It will come in at the last second and just bid what you need to beat the current price up to your maximum. It does it all for you so you don't have to worry about hitting the wrong key, typing the wrong thing etc etc. It's also near impossible to beat a snipe manually. Lots of people use them so if you're playing in the same ball park as a sniper they will generally win.
Felix, you do need to enter your e-bay credentials but I wouldn't worry about it.
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