Sniper programs - Page 2

Melos · 09-20-2006, 08:08 AM

I've never used a sniper program, but I kinda wished I did for a few auctions I was going for. Getting outbid at the last second by 2 cents is enough to make anyone scream.

Penguin · 09-26-2006, 10:20 PM

I use unwiredbuyer - it's not technically a sniping program as much as a reminder service ("your auction is ending... you wanna bid?"). They have a signup bonus and a referral bonus, so if you'd like me to refer you, I'd be delighted to :)

palefrost · 09-27-2006, 08:51 AM

I use "auction sniper" whenever i bid. I hate waiting around to make a bid and i only bid at the last minute. I love it! You can set as high as you want it to go. I usually browse auctions and put it into the program with my max bid and forget about it. If i didnt win i didnt loose anything in my eyes.

I just bought two Halloween costumes for my girls this way. I feel i got a great deal on them 15.00 each for nice quality costumes.

Penguin · 09-28-2006, 08:51 PM

The biggest "plus" of unwiredbuyer is that you don't have to be at your computer to bid - you only have to have cell signal to your cell phone. It's very convenient!

Chandra · 09-28-2006, 09:23 PM

I'm a very boring bidder, I guess. When I first bid, I enter the maximum I'm willing to go and let things take their course. Sometimes I don't bid until the last few hours. I've only lost one or two auctions.

karenlyn · 09-29-2006, 02:40 AM

Well, in the past I've always bid the old fashioned way. I have a friend who uses a sniper program, and she raves about it. I'm tempted to give it a try myself. Geez, if enough people start using these things, everybody's going to have to. Anything to get an edge, I guess.

palefrost · 09-29-2006, 09:17 AM

I just have a terrible memory to bid and i dont like bidding till the last minute because i suffer from buyers remorse or i find a buy it now one i would rather have alot of times. I like having the power to cancel that bid if i choose.

mamab · 09-29-2006, 03:16 PM

I guess I don't buy or sell often enough to even know there was such a program. But, I don't think I'd use one if I did know about it. Seems bidding at the last minute would lose it's thrill.

Penguin · 09-30-2006, 01:19 AM

If it were automated bidding at the last moment, yeah... but (and I'm not meaning to be a broken record here!) unwiredbuyer doesn't bid FOR you... it just gives you a last-minute opportunity to bid if you choose. You can even bid via the cell phone!

ninikins · 10-01-2006, 05:51 PM

do these sniper programs also take shipping fees into account?