The average seems to be 7 or 8 seconds, but some use as little as 2 or 3. It's been suggested to add 10-15 seconds to that during very busy times like Sunday evenings or for auctions that end on exact quarter hours.
Also, AS monitors trafic and response times at eBay and will send your bid earlier than requested if they think there is a chance your bid will not make it in time as entered.
rogcox, a lot use 5 seconds and that is probably ok as long as you add to it during normal heavy traffic times. I use 8 seconds because I was advised to do so when I first started, but I see nothing wrong in 5 seconds. Hope you will post with us often!
Trouble and the Grace to bear it, come in the same package.
hi i have used various lead times and have never lost a snipe because of lead time used.i would however not be tempted to use less than 5 seconds if the auction is important....just in case happy sniping everyone....dont you just love it !!!!!!
Once I have chosen a lead time of 5 seconds then Auction Sniper should follow it. Sending a notice about it is the right thing of advising or setting up an other system saying that at certain hours the minimum time is.... I did not appreciate giving a full 14 seconds to bidders to knock me out when I asked for 5 seconds. There is no 5 seconds with this sniper as all the snipes are placed way earlier.
Hey bidmaister - pray tell how anyone could respond in less than 30 seconds to an early-placed snipe? Try it yourself - the best I've managed is about 50 seconds!
I do agree that AS should be more upfront/transparent about times when it might increase lead times (Sunday evenings in the USA for example) and warn accordingly but, unless the lead time goes over the minute, you'll be hard pushed to be beaten by anyone responding manually to your snipe...
[If only AS would read this stuff and do something about it... zzzzzzzz]
quote: Once I have chosen a lead time of 5 seconds then Auction Sniper should follow it.
Why place a snipe that we know wont make it to eBay in time to even be entered? That is absurd. If the snipe ends on an hour or half hour place it manually yourself with 5 seconds, then be sure to come here crying when your bid only makes it in half the time and you lose the other half not even knowing if you would have won or lost because your bid wasn't registered. Then imagine that multipled by thousands of times that we'd hear about it.
quote:Originally posted by region2: [If only AS would read this stuff and do something about it... zzzzzzzz]
R2
Keep flogging that horse R2, maybe they will do something just to shut you up (it cant take more than 5 minutes of programming time....oh hang on....you have flogged the searches horse a good deal...did that ever get fixed?
quote: Keep flogging that horse R2, maybe they will do something just to shut you up
He can flog us from here until the end of time, we're not adding a feature that would lower your odds of winning. While it might be a fine feature for the 10 people here that understood what it meant to use it, it wouldn't be fine for the other 99.99999999% of our users that might check that box to turn off our smart buffering algorithms that keeps their snipes safely placed.
As for the searches we know, they not 100%. The ones I use work, the average persons searches I think work. But they do need to fixed. The problem is we're tired of patching them and would rather just rewrite that part of our system. So look for that as part of our next overhaul.
How does giving people the option of automatic or manual adjustment of lead time lower the chances of winning? With automatic adjustment as the default and a suitable warning message for those that go down the manual route then what can go wrong? Those that lose will understand the reason why (bid too late due to slow server speeds) and you won't get a stream of complaints every Monday. They can then live with their decision, go back to 'automatic' or adjust the next time...
Searches not working 100%? Well turn 'em off or put up a warning message. They've been 'broken' for years now so I'm looking forward to the next overhaul... [hang on, a fix has been promised for nearly two years now - good job I'm not holding my breath!].
Yet again Sara - great customer service - I am seriously considering other snipe products just because of the attitude of you, the support guys and whoever answers your 'suggestion' emails. Afterall, one snipe product is much the same as any other...
Hi, I'm new to this automated sniping. How many other products are out there and does anyone know what percentage of buyers use automated sniping? I'm not winning bids yet, since they went over my price limits.
quote:Originally posted by region2: How does giving people the option of automatic or manual adjustment of lead time lower the chances of winning? With automatic adjustment as the default and a suitable warning message for those that go down the manual route then what can go wrong? Those that lose will understand the reason why (bid too late due to slow server speeds) and you won't get a stream of complaints every Monday. They can then live with their decision, go back to 'automatic' or adjust the next time...
R2
I agree with R2.. I have been lurking around here looking for a solution to the early bid placements..this seems like a good solution for now. I for one have not had very good luck on accurate timing from AS. Just tonight I set a 3 sec lead and AS bid 33sec in advance, if this has been a higher profile auction I most certanly would have lost. Dont get me wrong I really like AS but I would like the option of a pure bid lead time.
quote: agree with R2.. I have been lurking around here looking for a solution to the early bid placements..this seems like a good solution for now. I for one have not had very good luck on accurate timing from AS. Just tonight I set a 3 sec lead and AS bid 33sec in advance, if this has been a higher profile auction I most certanly would have lost. Dont get me wrong I really like AS but I would like the option of a pure bid lead time.
I would guess you are wrong! What makes you think that AS placed it early for kicks? I suggest that they sampled the traffic and found the need. In which case, no one else could mannually place a bid faster. Afterall, AS only gets paid when YOU win!
Trouble and the Grace to bear it, come in the same package.
the forum from me too.
