eBay User Agreement

Two forum members come to mind, that are both in the U.K.; region2 and Mike from West Yorkshire. region2 has been around for a long time. Neither one of these two forum members impress me as using a service that would jeopardize their ebay membership.

The only place I've heard about having problems with automated sniping was ebay Germany.

AS isn't, strictly speaking, a 'person' so my arse is covered!

R2

Sniping is NOT prohibited by eBay!

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Sniping








Someone bid on an item I was bidding on at the very last second and won it! Is this allowed?




Yes, it is.

Within the eBay Community, this practice is called "sniping" and it means to place a high bid in the closing seconds of an auction-style listing.

As frustrating as it can be to lose an item you really wanted, sniping is part of the eBay experience, and all bids placed before a listing ends are valid - even if they're placed only one second before the listing ends.

One way to help avoid disappointment is to ensure that the maximum bid you enter on the item page is the highest price that you're willing to pay. The eBay system automatically increases your bid up to the maximum price you specify, so entering a higher maximum may help prevent you from being outbid in the closing seconds of a listing.

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Straight from the horse's mouth!

Thanks for the feedback. I was not questioning if sniping was OK on eBay, but I was concerned that giving my eBay username & password to AS & letting them use it on my behalf was against eBay rules. It seems that from this thread -

https://community.auctionsniper.com/eve/forums?a=tpc&s=84260069&f=585608021&m=169109796

that eBay are not allowing other people to use accounts that are not theirs. So can AS use MY account details ?

Yes, it is allowed. AS is not using it, but rather acting as your agent just as Ebay, itself, does when you proxy bid.

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was unable to locate the text you quoted.

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(edit) I guess you noticed on your own.

I'm not eBay, but read that to mean a friend, sister, uncle, etc...
Be bold... why not ask eBay and let us know what THEY have to say.

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(edit) I guess you noticed on your own.

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No need to guess. I'll confirmed it.

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Be bold... why not ask eBay and let us know what THEY have to say.

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That sounded like a good idea. I did email their customer support & they said "... This technique is called "sniping" and although we discourage
this bidding strategy it is one that is commonly used. ... We encourage all members to use the proxy bidding system that is in
place ... " So they dont encourage it, but dont say you cant do it.

Sounds like a green light to me ! Well done AS & thanks for the help.

Yes, as I posted earlier, that is what they said.

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Well done AS & thanks for the help.

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Just so there is no confusion - this is a forum staffed by amateurs and rarely do the postings offer the official AS line - more the voice of experience which is shared around!

R2