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Old 06-18-2018, 10:15 AM
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Originally Posted by nat View Post
I tried Gavelsnipe for the first time yesterday. I used their default 20 second buffer, beat the current high bid, and then got re-sniped by the guy whose bid I beat. When manually sniping I do it with 5 seconds left. Gavelsnipe warns that they can't guarantee that snipes at less than 20 seconds will go through. How much of a danger is that? Doing it manually I've only had a handful not go through in 5 seconds, do the automatic snipes really take that much longer?
I've used justsnipe for years and every single snipe has gone through with 6 seconds to go unless it was already under the current bid.
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