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Help Ebay sniping

cantona

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Hello

I am after a website or program (free of course) that I can safely use to snipe some items I wish to win. Can anyone recommend anything?

Cantona
 

appolyon

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auction sentry deluxe ... not free but it well worth the annual fee (from memory about $25)

a good free one is jbidwatcher (java based so a bit of a memory hog though)
 

mt_spiffy

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+1 for Auctionsniper.com

Been using it for years. Theoretically you have to pay, but I havent yet. It's not like it costs very much. And it works extremely well.
 

NoVaguy

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i use gixen, don't really have any problems with it. anything that puts you inside the final 10 seconds is usually good enough.

i actually do most of my clothing purchases by BIN or negotiations with the seller.
 

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Originally Posted by NoVaguy
i use gixen, don't really have any problems with it. anything that puts you inside the final 10 seconds is usually good enough.

i actually do most of my clothing purchases by BIN or negotiations with the seller.


Do you guys go sooner than 10 seconds in? I havent tried that close yet.
 

NoVaguy

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Originally Posted by mt_spiffy
Do you guys go sooner than 10 seconds in? I havent tried that close yet.

well, i don't know what gixen says they do, but they usually pop in at the 5 second mark.

- just checked one of my wins - Time Ended:Jul-20-08 20:00:00 PDT; Bid Time Jul-20-08 19:59:55 PDT

so yeah, gixen goes in at 5 seconds.

it won't beat a higher sniper, but it's close enough to beat most humans, i think.
 

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