Re: Re: [OT] Ebay Diddle?

[Kevin Peat <kevin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I use JBidWatcher (www.jbidwatcher.com) on Linux which is a free java
app so should run on windoze as well but there are loads of others.

It is fairly basic but I have successfully sniped quite a few auctions
with it.

Kevin








drawllimuk wrote:
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> Sounds like a useful tool. Pray tell where did you get it or shall I
> do a google search?
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> --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Mal Lansell" <mlansell@f...>
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>>It may have been people using sniping software - automatically
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> placing bids
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>>at the last minute to avoid people then coming in and outbidding
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> them.  If
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>>you get a few people doing this, the price can jump quite
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>>the end.
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>>It is a useful technique, though.  I used it to secure a couple of
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>>the program placed a bid with only 10 seconds to go, meaning no-
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>>Mal
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>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "drawllimuk" <simonmillward@b...>
>>To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
>>Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 9:20 AM
>>Subject: [ukha_d] Re: [OT] Ebay Diddle?
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>>I have had the same done to me. I thought I was being paranoid. I
>>was bidding on a 7U raid server and winning until five minutes
>>before the end and the price jump from £40 to over £100. I mean I
>>know it was a cheap price, but I thought it might have been the
>>seller not wanting it to go for so cheap. I then found it relisted.
>>I am of course assuming it is the same one!!! Bloody Cheek!
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>>--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "mouserdrip15" <groups@m...>
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>>>Hi
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>>>Over the weekend I bid on an item. It had a starting price of
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>>£350,
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>>>there we no bidders at all untill I bid in the last 10 mins.
Then
>>>immediately I was continuosly outbid by a zero rated new bidder
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>>until
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>>>I lost the item.
>>>5 mins after the auction ended I got a second chance offer from
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>>the
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>>>seller saying the zero rated bidder was a fraud....!
>>>This seems very much like a underhanded seller forcing his
price
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>>up?
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>>>Or am I being parranoid?
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>>>Rob
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