Do you use a sniping service?

[chipperhank44]

Originally Posted by bn2cardz

I use gavelsnipe, but find that if it is an item I really want I am still watching when it is going to end and sometimes bidding against my snipe at the last second. Yet there are times I just can't be there to bid and I am glad that I already have it set.

What happens when you bid against your snipe? Does Ebay recognize it as raising your max bid, or does it treat your bid like a competing bid?

[Leon]

Originally Posted by chipperhank44

What happens when you bid against your snipe? Does Ebay recognize it as raising your max bid, or does it treat your bid like a competing bid?

With Gavelsnipe it is your same login and user id so you can't beat yourself or raise your own high bid (as far as I am aware). The system won't allow it to bid against itself (yourself).

[whiteymet]

A few weeks back I got an outbid notice at the end of an auction from gavelsnipe.

I went back to the auction to take a look at it and there were NO bids.

I emailed gavelsnipe to ask how this was possible, and got the below response. Has anyone ever heard of this before? I emailed the seller and eventually got the item. I informed him he should change his ebay settings, if this is indeed a possible setting.

eBay returned this message when Gavelsnipe attempted to bid for you:

Buyer Requirements error

Sorry, you are not allowed to purchase this item

•This item is only available to buyers who have not purchased 1 or
more items from this seller in the past 10 days.
•You can contact the seller for more information, or find similar
items offered by other sellers.

Gavelsnipe doesn't have a specific error message for this condition
and defaulted to the outbid notice.

[bobbyw8469]

Try bidding on an item by the seller and not sniping. If your bid doesn't register, then the seller probably has you blocked.

[whiteymet]

Originally Posted by bobbyw8469

Try bidding on an item by the seller and not sniping. If your bid doesn't register, then the seller probably has you blocked.

Robert:

I was not blocked. The seller had a few different cards in the same set ending minutes apart from each other. I won an earlier card, then for the reason ebay gave gavelsnipe I could not bid on any others because I had just won something from the same seller.

Have you ever heard of this? Is there a setting available to sellers to do this? Why would a seller want to do this?

Fred

[bobbyw8469]

A seller can limit the amount of items one person wins to 10. They do that to prevent one person from maliciously sabatoging their auctions. A malicious buyer can buy every single listing one seller has, and not pay for anything and there isn't anything anyone can do about it.