I have been eyeing e-bay for a while, and the truth is i am not a very good bidder and have no working knowledge of how to do this type of thing.

However i do a great deal or research on item's that i wish to buy and have found the sniper program a very good tool to purchase with. It keep's one from making emotional mistake's and is actually very intuitve. I have bid on three item's so far no that's 5 and won three. On each item i was worried i might pay to much by setting a bid that was to high.... the sniper program bid and won the item below my max bid... great job guy's

Welcome aboard. It is so nice to read a positive post for a change.

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Welcome aboard.

Hello!

First thing to say - I am new here and have never won / bid anything with AS.
My general feeling is that AS is a brilliant tool and I just want to make sure I will be using it properly.
A couple of question from a newbie, if somebody could be so nice and share the experience and highly valued expertise with me.
I was trying to find something about quitting AS, but no info or I missed it - is it always possible to leave AS (or quit) whenever I want without any fees? (probably my bad experience with mobile network and terminating the contract..)
Is AS actually a useful tool for a person that bids random things now and again - or is it rather for somebody that spends days in and out buying and selling on ebay?

And last thing which maybe is rather polically incorrect to ask here, but I have got some concerns... - is it really absolutelly 100% safe to leave here the ebay login and password...? (I understand that AS as a bidding 'agent' needs it to use your identity to bid for you, but I just had a moment of hesitation filling in the registration form...)

Is there anything else crucial I should do now, after registering??

I will be grateful for all advise! Best regards for everybody!
Ania

Right! - just put my first bid with AS - a maximum of £50.00 for an item which is at the moment at £25.00.
I have read the long dispute between jp01 and Rick about 'what if noone bids?'.
As I have understood Rick, and his back-up friends, even though I placed £50.00, ebay (or AS) will only place the next required amount up to win the auction (for example £26.00). Is that right?

Auction ends up in around 4 hours, I set the time for the last 1 second - is that ok, or should I leave it a bit more time: 7, 8 secs?

By the way - what would happen if two people bidding the same item with AS had maximum bid and time set up exactly the same? Who wins the auction?

Thanks for any help!
Ania

Ania

You need to read the FAQs - AS bids once at your max and eBay's proxy bidding handles it from there. Read up on Proxy bidding on ebay's help as well!

And don't bid round figures, in a tie, 50.01 will beat 50.00...

As to chances of two AS bidders on same amount and same time? VERY unlikely but it's down to eBay to deal with that as if it was two manual bidders...

R2

...and AS isn't a subscription - you pay fees based on what you win using their service. No win, no fee!

So far AS hasn't sold/given/lost my ID and password to any 3rd parties and it has been around for a while so live dangerously and give it a go!

Lead time - read the FAQs - it's not the last bid but the highest that wins so set to 8 seconds!

R2

"so live dangerously and give it a go!"

hahaha, sounds like me)

thanks r2, going to change my £50.00 to £50.01 right now! off to read FAQs (started with forum first...)

take care

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is it always possible to leave AS (or quit) whenever I want without any fees?

Yes. Best to give AS your credit card instead of Paypal. You won’t have a balance to have refunded, although they will.

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Is AS actually a useful tool for a person that bids random things now and again

Yes. Why not?

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is it really absolutelly 100% safe to leave here the ebay login and password...?

Yes. And once you get really bold you might even give AS your credit card to pay the fees.

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Is there anything else crucial I should do now, after registering??

Turn off “InstaMail”. Go to “My Snipes” then “Modify Account”.

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As I have understood Rick, and his back-up friends, even though I placed £50.00, ebay (or AS) will only place the next required amount up to win the auction (for example £26.00). Is that right?

No. AS will place a £50.00 bid for you, but ebay will do it’s increment/proxy-bid thing.

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By the way - what would happen if two people bidding the same item with AS had maximum bid and time set up exactly the same? Who wins the auction?

First duplicate bid placed.

Rick: all above done.
I wasn't asked for my card details though - why?
Does it happen only after winning the auction and being due to pay fee to AS?
Thanks a lot guys!

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I wasn't asked for my card details though - why?

It’s optional to use a credit card, and your first 3 “winning” snipes are free. After your 3 free intro snipes, if you don't win the auction, AS won't charge you.

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Does it happen only after winning the auction and being due to pay fee to AS?

Previous response applies.

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Thanks a lot guys!

I'm the handsome, smart one.

To be honest for some reason I couldn't get the first 3 auctions free as it always came up with some error, so I will just pay for it, that's not a problem.
Rick - not to waste your time, but if you are at the PC anyway - can you tell me where is this option to set up payments with a card - not Pay Pal, please?

"I'm the handsome, smart one"

- no doubt about it!!

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can you tell me where is this option to set up payments with a card - not Pay Pal, please?

"My Snipes", then click on "Modify Account" and you'll see the payment info towards the bottom. There's a link down there that will allow you to enter your credit card.

I can't work out why I didn't win this item? Any ideas anyone?

You didn't meet ebay's required bid increments.

Cool, Thanks Rick.