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Originally Posted by amma

What is the difference between putting in an amount in ebay for the most you are willing to bid, and using one of these other programs? Doesn't ebay keep increasing your bid until it reaches the amount you have entered?

Yes that is what I have done as well. And if it goes over my top bid... then I was not meant to have it! :)

I hate that we have to do it this way, I feel like I am being mean.......but it is about the only way to get what you want now! You are so right, if you just go ahead and put in a bid, someone will come behind you and raise it another dollar......used to be fun, but now it is too cut-throat to do!

I just put in my bid and take my chances at it.

What type of fee does Sniping or the other company charge? I'm sure they don't do it for free...

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Originally Posted by Tink's Mom

What type of fee does Sniping or the other company charge? I'm sure they don't do it for free...

This is the fees on one sight!

Auction wins for under $25 $0.25
Auction wins between $25-$1,000 1% of auction price
Auction wins for $1,000 and over $10.00

The cost is .$25 per bid (ONLY if it's successful) for bids under $25. Over $25 it's 1% of the winning bid.

https://esnipe10.esnipe.com/Fees/

I think I bought $15 worth of bid points around 4 years ago and I'm just about done with them.

I think you might get a few free snipes just for signing up.

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Originally Posted by amma

I have done that on ebay quite a few times . When I bid on something I would put my top dollar amount in and it would bid for me until it passed my top bid or I won

eBay has it's own last minute bidding program called "eBay Countdown" You can watch the bidding live the last few minutes, and enter your bid simutaneously. Of course, you have to know the exact time the auction ends and be near a computer.

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Originally Posted by MTS

I use:
http://esnipe.com/

Some advantages:
If you want to bid at the last minute, then you don't have to stay up until 3AM groggily poised over your machine watching the clock go down 8 seconds, 7 seconds, 6 seconds. etc. until the auction ends.

By putting a proxy bid in on eBay during the listing, you're actually encouraging clueless bidders (and there are a lot of them) to keep bidding up your proxy. So it's entirely possible that you'll be paying more than you would have if you just kept silent and out of it, and came in at the last second or two.

You possibly could still be outbid (and often will be) with a snipe by a higher snipe, or even someone's proxy that will go up when your snipe bid hits the system.

But if you put in your HONEST highest-you're-willing-to-spend amount for the widget, then it's gonna end however it's gonna end.

I agree with all of this. This is how I do it. The only thing I would add is never bid in even amounts. Alot of people do, but if you bid odd amounts like $43.68, you would be surprised on how many you can win by a few cents. If you're not using a sniping service then wait for the last few seconds to bid. By bidding early with a proxy all you are doing in driving up the price. Alot of newbies will nickle and dime you to death just to get barely over your proxy.

AuctionSniper is a popular sniping service.