Sniping Services

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Posted By: <b>Robert</b><p>I am thinking about starting to use a sniping service and want to know if you can reccomend one for me. How do they work and what kind of fees do they charge? Thanks, I am just tired of trying to wait for the last minute and I am trying to put together a set in the 50's and don't have the time.

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Posted By: <b>Bryan Long</b><p>I use auctionstealer.com which is free unless you want the bidding to start for you at 3 seconds left in the auction. I think it is free to bid with 10 seconds left. That is what I normally do. I someone has a snipe bid in that is bigger than mine he will get it no matter what it is 10 seconds or 3. 10 seconds give pretty much anyone a hard go at it if they are not using a sniper service. My 2 cents.

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Posted By: <b>Mike H</b><p>Do all the sniping services require you ebay password? I hate to give that out because they can access your account information.

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Posted By: <b>jay behrens</b><p>/Yes they do. Kind of hard for them to place a bid for you if they don't have access to your account so they can bid.<br /><br />Jay<br><br>I've just reached Upper Lower Class. I am now officially a babe magnet for poor chicks.

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Posted By: <b>Jason</b><p>I use Bidnapper and have never had any problems with them. If you don't bid too often they offer a price per snipe deal or if you are a frequent user they have an unlimited bid service for a year priced at around $45. They also offer a neat service as part of the deal which shadows you competitors bid activity. I collect many early items that are hard to monitor on EBay but I just enter the guys who buy the same kind of things as me and it produces a report instantly outlining what items people are bidding on. It has saved me a tremendous amount of time trawling around doing various kinds of searches.<br /><br />I highly recommend it!<br />

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Posted By: <b>Julie</b><p>(and you get freebees for recommending other people to join). They will bid at 5 seconds (they don't feel less is safe, and occasionally it isn't), and they like feedback and don't mind special requests. Oh, and you only pay if you win.<br /><br />Which reminds me, I have to say thank you!<img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/jphotos/Bosh001.jpg">

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Posted By: <b>Bob Marquette</b><p>I use auction sniper.com but you have to be careful about placing a bid for 5 seconds or less. Twice I lost out on terrific deals because my bid did not get placed. they did give me a consolation prize of some free snipes but it doesn't replace the feeling of gloom when something goes for dirt cheap and you had the winning bidder (you thought) crushed with a strong snipe bid. Auction sniper.com recommended to me that I go with the 10 second snipe and I have but once in a while that snipe bid gets placed even more than 10 seconds before finality. The service is otherwise very reliable and their web site is user friendly.