FabSwingers.com forum: eBay snipers!!!

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Don't you just hate them!!!

They obviously don't work for a living, spend 24 hrs a day on the site and must have a 'watch list' the size of a friends list on a single 24 y/o bisexual female's profile (who strangely after over a year on site still has no veri's!!).

5 times this week it's happened! I've recieved the helpful 'item ending soon' message, checked to see in still winning and gone to make a cup of tea/stare out of the window at the hot girl across the street/have a piss/ have a quick perve on fab - and lo and behold - with 3 seconds left on the auction and not enough time to up my bid - some utter, utter bastard goes and pips me at the post!

By 5 sodding pence!

Wankers!!!!!

How am I ever gonna get the full set of ltd edition 1986 world cup kinder egg toys with these heartless bastards stalking me like wolves after a baby deer bouncing along through the woods looking all cute and fluffy!

I give up!!!!

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By *mm_n_ZedCouple
over a year ago

Fareham

I'm not sure they even have to be present... isn't there a sniping tool?

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By *ild Bill Thickcock.Man
over a year ago

Wet Beaver Creek

I always, always put my max bid in from the off and I never up my bid.

The snipers will always be there, you just need to ignore them and change your tactics

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By *hynottsCouple
over a year ago

nottingham

lol there is a programe you can down load tha will put bids on just a cpl secs befor it ends for get the name all you do is load it with your max price and it bids for you good to have as the sellers carnt use there friends to up the bids as there none to start with and its legal

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Never used ebay. Get mostt things we need from amazon. No hassle you see a price pay it and its yours simple

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I'm not sure they even have to be present... isn't there a sniping tool?"

Not that I've heard of??

I thought they were all hacking into my account and doing it just to wind me up!!

I'm sure they just keep relisting every item they outbid me on!!!

I'll show em!!! I'll just put my max bids at a million pounds every time!!

Ha ha ha ha haaaaaaaaaar! (evil laugh!)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I'm not sure they even have to be present... isn't there a sniping tool?

Not that I've heard of??

I thought they were all hacking into my account and doing it just to wind me up!!

I'm sure they just keep relisting every item they outbid me on!!!

I'll show em!!! I'll just put my max bids at a million pounds every time!!

Ha ha ha ha haaaaaaaaaar! (evil laugh!)

Ooops i'm one of them

I tend to put bid in the box at 10sec then push it at 3 sorry

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By *ild Bill Thickcock.Man
over a year ago

Wet Beaver Creek

I get my work suits from ebay. There's always guys who'll buy a new suit for a wedding, christening or funeral, wear it once and put it in the wardrobe. The next time they get it out, it's too small, lol.

I rarely pay more than £40 for a nearly new suit. I only buy Marks & Sparks Italian collection, and I'm well happy

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By *empnbunkCouple
over a year ago

south coast

Lmao Temptress is a demon at this kol she always leaves it til the last few seconds then hits it with her bid lol think its become a game to her its the only way she bids now lol

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I'm not sure they even have to be present... isn't there a sniping tool?

Not that I've heard of??

I thought they were all hacking into my account and doing it just to wind me up!!

I'm sure they just keep relisting every item they outbid me on!!!

I'll show em!!! I'll just put my max bids at a million pounds every time!!

Ha ha ha ha haaaaaaaaaar! (evil laugh!)

Ooops i'm one of them

I tend to put bid in the box at 10sec then push it at 3 sorry

Give me my kinder toys back, now!!!!

Pretty please?

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By *issBehavingxxWoman
over a year ago

Glasgow

"Ooops i'm one of them

I tend to put bid in the box at 10sec then push it at 3 sorry

Me too.... Guilty lol

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I get my work suits from ebay. There's always guys who'll buy a new suit for a wedding, christening or funeral, wear it once and put it in the wardrobe. The next time they get it out, it's too small, lol.

I rarely pay more than £40 for a nearly new suit. I only buy Marks & Sparks Italian collection, and I'm well happy

I always wondered who bought those suits they don't actually bury the body in!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I had it happen to me a few times. I bid on this really unusual headscarf, the bid was lasting for a further 3 days. I felt safe as thought the item may be uninteresting to many.

I was winning right up to the last 6 seconds and then some sod, with a verification score in their thousands, beat me to it.

So now I try and be as clever, if you can't beat em join em. I put things in my watch list and have managed to get my bid in at 5 seconds.

Don't bid too early beforehand, you can't let them think you are interested in an item, type your amount and press ok a minute before, then you only have to press the confirm box.

I did a very risky thing once, I bid on a pair of vintage lace gloves and I really wanted them as they would go with my friends wedding outfit perfectly. I did the stealth sniper act and put £50 for a £4.99 item. It was scary cos I just hoped that the original bidder had not put a high price as their reserve. They didn't and I pressed the confirm 6 seconds before to ensure they didn't have time. Thankfyully I only paid £6 for the item.

I guess its a form of gambling but it is fun

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I rarely pay more than £40 for a nearly new suit. I only buy Marks & Sparks Italian collection, and I'm well happy

I always wondered who bought those suits they don't actually bury the body in!!

pmsl

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By *isscheekychopsWoman
over a year ago

The land of grey peas and bacon

you can get an app that bids at the last minute because I got it. you put in item number and max bid and it does it for you

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By *abloBackMan
over a year ago

London

We used to sell a lot on eBay and were well aware of the sniper program

Always got excited if there were a lot of watchers on an item, normally meant that a few snipers on the case

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

i think it is called sniper as a friend has it it automatically bids in the last few seconds

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By *afeSensualGentMan
over a year ago

Reading

Yes, there's some very easy to use sniping websites out there. I've used them in the past myself.

All you can do is enter you maximum bid.

It's hard to figure out what that is sometimes, but if you think it's £20, ask yourself will you kick yourself if someone bids £20.20 and wins over you.

Then just up it until you think, hell no.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My tip (apart from bidding with less then 5 seconds to go of course) is never bidding whole numbers ie not £15 or £20 but instead put. £15.03 or £20.07 as example

Most people like to nice easy figures. I win lots with this tactic x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Confirmed sniper here

Love watching it count down those last few seconds before pressing bid - sometimes win, sometimes lose. If you put your maximum bid into ebay it will list only your next winning amount, and increase it automatically until you reach your limit.

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By *londeCazWoman
over a year ago

Arse End of the Universe, Cumbria

"I'm not sure they even have to be present... isn't there a sniping tool?

Not that I've heard of??

I thought they were all hacking into my account and doing it just to wind me up!!

I'm sure they just keep relisting every item they outbid me on!!!

I'll show em!!! I'll just put my max bids at a million pounds every time!!

Ha ha ha ha haaaaaaaaaar! (evil laugh!)

Ooops i'm one of them

I tend to put bid in the box at 10sec then push it at 3 sorry

That's me too, but I don't buy often off eBay, but when I do, if I'm around at auction end, I'm like a hawk hovering over the bid now button....doesn't always work, but I just can't wait for my full set of ltd edition 1986 world cup kinder egg toys that I just outbid some poor bastard by 5p I think it was.....

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By *ola cubesMan
over a year ago

coatbridge

"I'm not sure they even have to be present... isn't there a sniping tool?

Not that I've heard of??

I thought they were all hacking into my account and doing it just to wind me up!!

I'm sure they just keep relisting every item they outbid me on!!!

I'll show em!!! I'll just put my max bids at a million pounds every time!!

Ha ha ha ha haaaaaaaaaar! (evil laugh!)

Ooops i'm one of them

I tend to put bid in the box at 10sec then push it at 3 sorry

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snap am a sniper too

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I'm not sure they even have to be present... isn't there a sniping tool?

Not that I've heard of??

I thought they were all hacking into my account and doing it just to wind me up!!

I'm sure they just keep relisting every item they outbid me on!!!

I'll show em!!! I'll just put my max bids at a million pounds every time!!

Ha ha ha ha haaaaaaaaaar! (evil laugh!)

Ooops i'm one of them

I tend to put bid in the box at 10sec then push it at 3 sorry

Ha! Fooled you all!!!!

It's actually the 1990 collection I'm after!!!

Ha ha ha ha haaaaaaaaaaar!! (evil laugh!)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"My tip (apart from bidding with less then 5 seconds to go of course) is never bidding whole numbers ie not £15 or £20 but instead put. £15.03 or £20.07 as example

Most people like to nice easy figures. I win lots with this tactic x

Oh yes that is one of mine, although don 't really bid, more of a seller, but uneven numbers tend to fool others.

I can bid within 5 secs, and so balls to the sniping tool haha

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I don't buy much from ebay now but I do sometimes use a sniping site when I do. It means I don't have to remember when the auction ends and check it.

The same tools are available to everyone so it seems daft to me to not use them then complain when beaten by those who do.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

You have to be there if theres somthing you really would like .. as there loads sitting looking ready for the last 60 seconds .. I get all sorts from there even got a Grand piano and it was a very good one as owners moving to Australia, lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

There is a sniper app you can buy, S uses it

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"There is a sniper app you can buy, S uses it "
really how this work ? and do it work ?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"There is a sniper app you can buy, S uses it really how this work ? and do it work ? "

No idea myself, he buys rare comics so the less I know about it the better!

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By *empting Devil.Woman
over a year ago

Sheffield

Is now the time to mention that I've never bought off eBay...

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By *londeCazWoman
over a year ago

Arse End of the Universe, Cumbria

"I'm not sure they even have to be present... isn't there a sniping tool?

Not that I've heard of??

I thought they were all hacking into my account and doing it just to wind me up!!

I'm sure they just keep relisting every item they outbid me on!!!

I'll show em!!! I'll just put my max bids at a million pounds every time!!

Ha ha ha ha haaaaaaaaaar! (evil laugh!)

Ooops i'm one of them

I tend to put bid in the box at 10sec then push it at 3 sorry

Ha! Fooled you all!!!!

It's actually the 1990 collection I'm after!!!

Ha ha ha ha haaaaaaaaaaar!! (evil laugh!)

**Opens eBay in another tab**

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By *edangel_2013Woman
over a year ago

southend

I never bid and buy, can't be bothered. But will buy stuff if it is on "buy now".

Too much faffing about!

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By *Ryan-Man
over a year ago

In Your Bush

"Is now the time to mention that I've never bought off eBay...

No way !

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By *empting Devil.Woman
over a year ago

Sheffield

"Is now the time to mention that I've never bought off eBay...

No way !"

Yes way. Not ever.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

haha the sneaky little bastards

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

What really bugs me is waiting all week to bid then it's got " no longer available!"

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By *exki11enWoman
over a year ago

Bristol

I use bid nip sniping app and have ever lost one auction using it. It's a shame but sometimes, the only way to beat em is to join em!

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By *abloBackMan
over a year ago

London

Once when bidding for something, the screen actually went bang with a puff of smoke two minutes before the auction closed. It was four days before I found out I had won

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Once when bidding for something, the screen actually went bang with a puff of smoke two minutes before the auction closed. It was four days before I found out I had won"

Was that when the bag of mixed used underwear dropped through your letterbox??

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Im a snipper bidder .... put the maximum i want to pay in the final seconds. Sorry but i get a buzz doing it Haha

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By *abloBackMan
over a year ago

London

"Once when bidding for something, the screen actually went bang with a puff of smoke two minutes before the auction closed. It was four days before I found out I had won

Was that when the bag of mixed used underwear dropped through your letterbox??

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It was much more freaky than that

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By *hickencurryCouple
over a year ago

brisbane

I use the bid sniping app. It's really easy,I see something i want, decide on my max price and then enter it into the app and it automatically bids 5 secs from the end of the auction. Takes the buzz out of the last minute of doing it manually though but i've had good results using the app.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I get a buzz doing it myself, its such a thrill going in on the last few seconds

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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago

Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound

"Is now the time to mention that I've never bought off eBay...

No way !

Yes way. Not ever.

Nor me. I've only ever bought three things online. Too much faff.

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By *unnyfunCouple
over a year ago

Carmarthenshire

Sniper app in android for ebay

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

auction sniper ... it'll never happen to you again

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I just think that there'll always be another item the same listed another day, probably ending at stupid o clock when no-one else will bid possibly priced less after all the plebs have forked out bigtime and the novelty has worn off...

For those that like to win, let them have their fun - they're paying for it!

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By *gt bobMan
over a year ago

sandwell

bid more,,no brainer

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By *oodmessMan
over a year ago

yumsville

"Never used ebay. Get mostt things we need from amazon. No hassle you see a price pay it and its yours simple"

and it doesnt usyally fall appart on first use

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By *mm_n_ZedCouple
over a year ago

Fareham

"Never used ebay. Get mostt things we need from amazon. No hassle you see a price pay it and its yours simple

and it doesnt usyally fall appart on first use

There are some things you just can't get on Amazon

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By *coobyroo218Couple
over a year ago

Guernsey

it does not matter if some one uses the sniper tool when I am bidding on soemthing, because I know what my maximum bid will be before I even start looking, then I wait till the last few seconds and bid my max amount, if i get beat then so be it I was never going to bid more anyways.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Outside your age range so can't send you the link by PM, but look up goofbay they have a sniping tool that will place your bid within 5 seconds of the end. works most times but of course you can still get outbid

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By *eminiman61Man
over a year ago

mansfield

I sit there and bid at 5 seconds or less.

I thort the snipers were computers..... If you cant beat em join em

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By *eminiman61Man
over a year ago

mansfield

What happens if more than one person employs snipers

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"What happens if more than one person employs snipers

Highest bid wins same as if they are put in manually, OR all the snipes hit each other simultaneously and explode ebay

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By *eminiman61Man
over a year ago

mansfield

Amazing I wonder how many bids it can handle per second ??

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I have been known to set the alarm clock to get up in the middle of the night to snipe, and am very good at it.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Don't you just hate them!!!

By 5 sodding pence!

Wankers!!!!!

I give up!!!!

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I'm afraid that's me. I'll put a bid in with 5 seconds to go so you can't bid again(unless your max bid is higher than mine)... sorry

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

someone i know sells laptops on ebay and if they are not going for the price they want they get friends to bid on them.

that way they get to keep the laptop and agree after the auction had ended to end the transaction.

happens a lot on ebay and sadly like anything is open to abuse.

i do sell on ebay when i have a clear out of items and have made a fair bit of money but i play it fair.

some things you make on and some you don't.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

There's a tool which does it very well. All you have to do is set your maximum bid, go to bed and let the tool do the rest.

It's good to snipe

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By *teveanddebsCouple
over a year ago

Norwich

Be careful that any sniping program you use bids on ebay.co.uk not ebay.com. If it comes to a dispute .com won't help you if you are buying something listed on the uk site.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I am a sniper and proud of it. I win prob 95% of the time, as said before I decide what is the maximum i am willing to pay, if someone bids over that...good luck to em. another one will come up later. the snipe tool i use lets you have 5 free bids a week and snipes 8 secs from end of auction. I pay a membership fee of $5.99 a month which gives unlimited snipes and comes in 5 secs from end of auction. Absolutely brilliant.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'm a self confessed sniper. You snooze you lose

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

esnipe

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Goofbay bids when you tell it to I go 5 seconds from the end. It's free but accepts donations

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