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Location: Madison, Wisconsin | I got sniped on a bid for a long neck this week with 10 sec left in the auction. Does anybody know anything about the snipe programs/services. Are they worth it? Are they OK with Ebay? |
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Location: Scotland | www.auctionsniper.com
www.austionstealer.com
There are several others. Ebay don't seem to have an opinion either way. If you can't beat them, join them. Ethically I guess I dissaprove, but they've got me a few prizes. It's a bit like having sex with your prize heffer. Good fun, but you keep it to yourself. OOPS! |
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Location: NJ | esnipe.com |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | I've had no problem waiting to the last 15 seconds and then throwing my maximim money down. I have a regular broadband connection and no issues for me. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Snipe programs are good when you have to work or you are away (or asleep) from the computer when the auction closes.
Nothing like the real thrill of watching the clock in the heat of passion and throwing that bid out at the wire! |
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Location: Lebanon, TN | I use Auction Sentry. Great for those Sat-Sun afternoon Ebay auction closes when the missus wants me to be somewhere else.
It also is great as if I set a limit then the program just bids to my limit then says "Oh never mind I was out-bid". Me sadly I get enticed to up the ante :-) so all told I use it quite nicely. |
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Location: Warren,Pa. | Well...you learn something new every day.I never knew this sort of thing existed. I've sniped before, but a sniping service? Thanks everyone for this valuable info. John <>{ |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | I got hit a while ago. I figured it just wasn't meant to be and I didn't need that old National That Baddly. |
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Location: Madison, Wisconsin | I did some reading and found there are services that you can use that work well if you have a slow internet connection or if you're going to be away from your computer at the end of an auction. There are also programs that you can install on your own box that will do the same thing. |
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Location: the BIG Metropolis of TR | Bill(cwkII), are you familiar wit de guys?........
Kummer\'s Vintage Instruments
.....They've got some Nationals listed although I don't know how old the ads are.
They are in your neck of the wood too!(just alittle south! :D ) |
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Location: SoCal | Tim Kummer and cwkII are real good friends. |
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Location: NJ | Timm was with us at the SlotHead Reunion last year. He's a JerseyBoy that relocated to Flah.
He and I were probably most responsible for vacating the tables adjacent to ours at dinner . . . |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | I'm betting the Nationals that Timm has for sale are the one's Bill no longer wants or needs. |
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Location: Rauenberg, Germany | I am no expert on Ebay, but I was sniped once. Outbid within seconds of auction end. Of course, being a newbie, I went to sleep before the auction ended thinking I had a good shot. I bid on another guitar recently and my winning bid held for a week. About five hours before auction ended someone placed three bids but did not beat my maximum. So I won, but the price was jacked up another $45. Not so bad though, still under my maximum. Now if I can get the seller to respond! Not sure what to think of Ebay although the one purchase I made (the squire strat) went smoothly enough. We will see on this one. |
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