ebay Wisdom - WAS touchscreen device recommendations please...

[ian.bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

I have used sniping software in the past and won but it is much more
satisfying placing your own bid in the last 5 - 7 seconds. You need two
windows open, set one to 'place bid' and enter your highest amount so all
you have to do is press confirm. Open the other to keep an eye on the item
price. A decent connection is of course rather useful as is a sensible
auction finish time.

You do need to know exactly how much you are prepared to bid but I actually
find this works rather well and stops me bidding too much as the seller
would like. I have either won the item or it has gone over my maximum
before the last 10 seconds every time so far. Sniping software has its
place in the modern world for better or worse but there are other more fun
ways of doing it.

I sold a trailer recently and the guy who bought it said he made a mistake
(typo) in the final bidding flurry and entered =A3100 too much as his
highe=
st
offer. Of course he won ;-)) and paid and collected as agreed, top man.

Ian





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You should get yourself some sniping software.  I won a couple of PDA
auctions by using a sniping program to place my bid with only 10 seconds
to go.

Mal (ducking and running from the list's Ebay sellers...)