Don Terrill’s Speed-Talk

esnipe,give them the max your are willing to bid and forget it.They bid that with 6 sec to go.Tom

I usually see what it is in the last few minutes, figure out what I realistically would pay for it, enter that max bid in the box and wait til the last 5 seconds to send my max bid. Works 9 out of 10 times.

Program called snipe.

The way to "win" on Ebay is to find somewhere else to buy stuff. The whole "winning" thing is designed to make it seem like a contest, instead of a purchase. Testosterone takes over, and "winning" becomes more important than the actual purchase.

Disclaimer, I've bought, and sold a bunch of stuff on Ebay. If I'm interested in something I'll bid whatever I'm willing to pay, whenever. If I get it good, if I don't that's good too.

I have been using Esnipe for years,set it and forget it.Have lost a couple but it was more than I was willing to pay anyway.As I said,just put the highest price you are willing to pay and forget it.You will get a email telling you if you won or lost.Tom

I keep waiting for eBay to implement the "15 minute rule" like gunbroker has to make it like a real auction (the auctioneer isn't gonna quit calling bids until people quit making them), but they never have. Must be something in it for them to keep it like it is..

I did the ebay thing a long time ago, but now it's basically just a place to get cheapo chinese import stuff.

Let the buyer beware!Like any place you shop,KNOW what your bidding- buying!Tom

I'm with Tom.

I use Esnipe, put the price you want to pay, then forget it.
No bidding war with you and someone else.

About 3 seconds before end, if the price is still under your max, it will send it in.
You either get it or not.

No trying to one up anyone, or anything.

Add a couple of cents more than you think it's worth...........

People tend to think in even increments. 20.00, 20.50...........

So you bid 20.02, 20.52 and just beat the competition by a couple of cents................

crazyman wrote:I usually see what it is in the last few minutes, figure out what I realistically would pay for it, enter that max bid in the box and wait til the last 5 seconds to send my max bid. Works 9 out of 10 times.

That's how I roll! Ebay score baby!

With the snipe program I don't have to sit in front of the computer at odd hours of the day/night waiting for that final seconds.



And mine is entered at 3 seconds till end.
(while I'm doing something else)

Gixen.com I've been using it for years without any dramas a small donation will get you years of service

I just do it manually with multiple PCs. I get all stressed out in the last seconds LOL, but still it is fun when you see that you have beaten a "sniper" (or two), that thought they had it in the bag. Only ever lost once, so far.

The way to win on Ebay is not to participate.

I normally decide a price Im willing to pay early, and bid in last few seconds.
Otherwise you tend to get shill bidders.
I had one guy I was going to buy ford capri mk1 from outside of ebay for 15k which I thought was a fair offer.
he put it on ebay, he was shill bidding and car sold for 9k which was his own high bid, I was the second highest bid at 7k when he started biding on his own car cause my auto bid was $8999.
Then contacted me and said you can have it for 15k.
I told him nope 7k or [DELETE THIS POST] off, and reported him to ebay after he told me he bid on his own car.
Australian consumer affairs got in on the act and tax department (selling as an business not paying taxes as he had a lot of other sales) which ebay reported him, not me.
2 months later a friend had the car for 6.5K at auction.