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[buster_broon]

put in a bid its only at 51 quid

and he has 2 of them

[smallvillex]

Wish i had the room! I really want to buy some shoot 'em up arcade machines. Anyone know where i can buy them from, preferably new but second hand will do.

[HaHaUK]

put in a bid its only at 51 quid

With a reserve of ?450

[Alastair]

I lost out on an item last night that I was the highest bider on when I refreshed and there were 0 seconds left, refreshed again to get the confirmation message that I had won and someone had outbid me on the same second that the auction ended

How can that be possible? Was well annoyed at that.

[Pavey]

Auction Shiper probably.

[smallvillex]

I don't get that either...?

[nightstalker100]

You can d/load software that watches an auction then at the last minute places the winning bid effectively "sniping" the auction. Iv'e fell victim to it a couple of times

[smallvillex]

So have i, but never understand how i got outbid in the last second. Damn software!!!

[Alastair]

Thought it must have been some sort of software as a 'human' could never be so accurate.

Still gutted about that one as it would have been a good deal and was something I actually needed rather than a luxury

[AllYourBase]

So have i, but never understand how i got outbid in the last second. Damn software!!!

if you like to live dangerously and place a higher proxy bid you will beat any sniping software (but potentially pay through the nose if the sniper has a high proxy also!!)

sniping makes sense really, why bid up auctions early? eBay behavior is always for someone to come along and outbid you, i think any bid indicates it is something worth bidding on! it is annoying when you get outbid!!

[SubparMario]

Aye, agreed. If you can be there at the end of the auction, there's no reason to bid at all until the last 5 seconds. If you bid before hand, all you're doing is pushing the price up and letting others know there's interest!

[AllYourBase]

that's why i recommend auctionsentry to all, it's about ?8 but pays for itself very quickly! i just leave my pc on all day usually so this suits me fine

[Gruce]

I have used a snipping website before to win auctions from overseas. Rather than software you just enter your details and the serer puts your bid in at the last min (last 7 seconds I think). I haven't had any problems.

It is good to often bid on something as soon as you can, it can show you really want an item and puts other ebayers off bidding. I suppose if its a rare item though then it will attract intrest whatever.

[Alastair]

What's the website and does it cost?

I can't beat em so may as well join em I guess

[Pavey]

@ gruce

Absolutely dont agree with that 100%.

All it does is pushes the price up,which joe public then perceives as a 'rare' item,hence you get common items going for stupid money on ebay.

Totally ****s me off tbh.

https://www.auctionsniper.com

Set the delay to 2 seconds,and provided your bid is high enough you'll win every time.