Snipers

erlikhan · 7th December 2005, 03:49 PM

Is it completely free according to ebay rules to use sniper software? Some say they would ban if they catch you sniping with software or would cancel your winning bid. And more important, is it safe to give your ebay name and password to the sniping sites?

regards

Rick · 7th December 2005, 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by erlikhan

Is it completely free according to ebay rules to use sniper software? Some say they would ban if they catch you sniping with software or would cancel your winning bid. And more important, is it safe to give your ebay name and password to the sniping sites?

regards

Here's an ebay forum thread on sniping Erlikhan :
http://forums.ebay.com/search.jspa?o...iping+software

Yannis · 7th December 2005, 05:30 PM

I remember now a very wild sniping few months ago. A fine 16th century sword got more than $10000 dollars the last minute to close in $22000. The buyer is a member of the forum and a profesional dealer. Do you think that he could get it if he had show his intentions? Probably not.

BSMStar · 7th December 2005, 06:53 PM

Interesting thread... and all this time I thought my wife was bribing you guys to snipe me.

Tim Simmons · 7th December 2005, 07:59 PM

What happens if several bidders on one item are all snipers? Does that not counter act any software or am I just really dumb

. Tim

MABAGANI · 7th December 2005, 09:32 PM

I would guess the win still goes to the bidder with the higher maximum bid. So what happens if by coincidence two or more bidders using software happen to place the same maximum bid? Do the software companies offer the fastest nano sec reaction time...and what if its the same software?

Andrew · 7th December 2005, 09:38 PM

Good questions! I don't know the answers, but I've thought about this before.

I always bid in odd increments (e.g. $37.59) to reduce the chances of identical bids.

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7th December 2005, 03:49 PM	#1
erlikhan Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Istanbul Posts: 452	Is it completely free according to ebay rules to use sniper software? Some say they would ban if they catch you sniping with software or would cancel your winning bid. And more important, is it safe to give your ebay name and password to the sniping sites? regards

7th December 2005, 05:30 PM	#3
Yannis Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Athens Greece Posts: 479	I remember now a very wild sniping few months ago. A fine 16th century sword got more than $10000 dollars the last minute to close in $22000. The buyer is a member of the forum and a profesional dealer. Do you think that he could get it if he had show his intentions? Probably not.

7th December 2005, 06:53 PM	#4
BSMStar Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Kansas City, MO USA Posts: 312	Interesting thread... and all this time I thought my wife was bribing you guys to snipe me.

7th December 2005, 07:59 PM	#5
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,970	What happens if several bidders on one item are all snipers? Does that not counter act any software or am I just really dumb . Tim

7th December 2005, 09:32 PM	#6
MABAGANI Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 221	I would guess the win still goes to the bidder with the higher maximum bid. So what happens if by coincidence two or more bidders using software happen to place the same maximum bid? Do the software companies offer the fastest nano sec reaction time...and what if its the same software?

7th December 2005, 09:38 PM	#7
Andrew Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: USA Posts: 1,725	Good questions! I don't know the answers, but I've thought about this before. I always bid in odd increments (e.g. $37.59) to reduce the chances of identical bids.