Ebay Sniper Programs whats the Scoop?

[Nick O time]

my dad uses this all the time

he wins more than 80 percent of the time too. not many people actually use the sniper programs on ebay though. dunno why. he is always getting stuff from ebay. if you check for any of the disney displays he wins alot of em. his name is like miracle sets or something like that. they work great. you can even do multiple auctions at the same time. the program automatically will post in the bid at a time you can set. you could set it anywhere from 1 hour don't know why you would do that to 1 second. although going anywhere below 3 to 5 seconds is risky(they even warn you about this on their web site). so yeah in conclusion the sniping sites are awsome.

[Southpaw]

Did a quisk search on interferometer now that looks interesting!

[Southpaw]

Dont try and mess with blackholes I think Doc tried it be careful The Whiteboard

[luke]

[Fixion]

I do it manualy. I usually bid 10 seconds before the auction ends.

[Archangel Kid]

my dad uses www.esnipe.com, and if he wants something.... he gets it.

[mirthvader]

Auction Sniper

I use Auction Stealer. www.auctionstealer.com It works quite well although I only use the free service so it is a 10 sec bid cushion and I can't use any of the fancy features. I don't have time to sit and watch an auction that closes at some ungodly hour.

This service suits my purposes quite well. I recommend a sniper when you know the maximum you want to pay for your item. Enter a number and forget about it. If it goes for lower, you're a winner. If it goes too high, you don't get caught up in bidding fever. I've done probably 100 deals in the past few years and used a sniper for most of them.

There are some competing services and they use identical software. I think they use a common server somehow.

John

[FragTek]

I used to use a sniper, until I found out that I was more realiable than the program. I didnt take the time to read through all of the posts, so I am just going to give the lowdown.

A sniping program for Ebay basically is a program that will, at the last minute / second, bid up an item that you have specified so that the current high bidder wont have enough time to rebid on the item, thus you win the auction.

Sometimes this doesnt work because other people have their sniper setup for the same auction, and at that point it becomes a tossup of who has their sniper set to bid the highest amount.

From what I have heard, lately the used-to-be-free snipers are now charging for this service. I recently ahve been sniping my own auctions, works just as well if you are able to be in front of the computer during the time which the aution closes.

[melster]

https://www.jbidwatcher.com

Freeware open source app. However, ebay keeps changing their form variables or something and breaks it every so often.

[Commissar_Loki]

Hmm I know this is a little older thread, but I had to say something. I use www.auctionsniper.com for any and all auctions, I haven't lost an auction yet. It works well and I have no complaints about it.

[FalconGuy016]

I just do it manually. There is no point in a program if you have broadband

[RRfireblade]

Originally posted by FalconGuy016
I just do it manually. There is no point in a program if you have broadband

And no fun either.....

[imstoiched!]

What size and WL do you need? Are you using a HeNe? Must know more 'cause this sounds and interesting. Interferometer PB related?

Otherwise look at Edmunds

imstoiched! AKA "Laser" jock

Originally posted by AGD
Believe me guys my stuff is not that exciting. I am looking to buy parts to build an interferometer. Anyone have a large plate beamsplitter?

Thanks for the help!

AGD

[LoveMyMagMoreThanYou]

I've used auctionstealer for a while. If the bids don't go over what I'm willing to pay, it works quite well. But, I'm cheap so I sometimes lose out on an item that I'm not willing to pay an arm and a leg for. If the bid goes through I haven't ever lost. But I have lost because the item went for more than I was willing to pay. When I used to prebid, someone would just slowly inch it up and then snipe it at the very end.

[Lee]

tom.....ripples in space-time? (from the interferometer link)......can that be put on a mag?

if so...dibs!!