hello!

I was once - watch out for the Yanks and the animated GIFs - they'll appear any... second... now...

R2 (also in the UK)

yeah those yanks! lol

G'day from Oz, jarv.

GG

Hi everyone,
I'm also New here !! Just signed up...
I've used auction sniper twice so far, and won both items. I left the default time ON... not sure what it was... I found out about Auction Sniper by asking on AussieVeeDubbers forum, as I had virtually won an item I really wanted, after I bid, it said auction closed... it looked like I had won... but then it come up with someone elses name as the winning bidder..
I told one of My Sons about it and He has been using Auction Sniper for a few months and has won everything He Sniped....
I should have been using it this year AS i HAVE MISSED OUT ON A FEW ITEMS i really wANTED.....

Lee

G'day Lee VW68AutoBug;

Once you get the hang you'll never look back - 'sway to go!

Is that Sconn or Scoan? (Just kidding!)

GG

Hi,

Enjoy sniping ....

Sniping is sure the way to go, John SL!

Hello from Scone NSW Australia.. I have used Sniper 4 or 5 times now with great results.
I'm just wondering what happens if I come across [in the bidding] another sniper!! I suppose it depends on the timing.. What time is everyone using? I have been using the 8 seconds
default, I was going to lengthen it but decided against it..
One other Great thing with Sniper is that I can reduce My Maximum bid at any time..
Lee

8 is good - a little more is gooder. The FAQ's have an "Ideal lead time" if you haven't already seen it.
http://www.auctionsniper.com/faqbasics.aspx#basics13

Lee, I also always use 8, unless it is during busy times. It works for me.

Hi Lee,
Just down the road from you (well kind of)in Newcastle.
AS is a brilliant tool to work with

Hi Aussie Girl,
Have You ever lost to another sniper???

I have relatives in Newcastle, so i do get down there, every few months...

Lee

Yes Lee once only because my maximum bid not enough and the item was not all that important to me.
If I really want something I make sure that my bid is high enough so that I am untouchable

Hi Aussie Girl,
Yes, I was missing items I really wanted and was bidding madly....
Now I just do My Sniping... and the other BEST thing is, I can change My Highest bid to a lower bid if I over reacted.....
That alone makes it compulsary for Me....
Had a brown snake try to get in the front door yesterday...then went under the house... so I was very weary of anything moving or looked like moving, or looked like a place for a snake to hide... I just hope it kept going...
I don't like them....
Lee SCONE 36C yesterday

Yes, being able to change your maximum bid is invaluable.
Also I am sure that AS has saved me loads of cash because I'm not involved in bidding wars any more
Ugh to the snakes......sometimes city living does not seem that bad....all we cop is mozzies, cockies, and bad attitudes

quote:

Originally posted by Lee VW68AutoBug:

Hello from Scone NSW Australia.. I have used Sniper 4 or 5 times now with great results.
I'm just wondering what happens if I come across [in the bidding] another sniper!! I suppose it depends on the timing.. What time is everyone using? I have been using the 8 seconds
default, I was going to lengthen it but decided against it..
One other Great thing with Sniper is that I can reduce My Maximum bid at any time..
Lee

If there is another sniper, then the higher/highest bids wins--same as always!

I had win 997 go this week.

WOW chatter....congrats
I am MUCH smaller fry that that

Hi chatter,
Oh I see...
So, its still down to the highest bidder regardless of when Your sniping is done.... 8 or 20 seconds..
You just have to wait until the auction is over... and Your Highest Bid will be More important if there is another sniper bidding....

You have done a lot of Ebaying.....
I've only done around 90....

Lee

quote:

Originally posted by Lee VW68AutoBug:
So, its still down to the highest bidder regardless of when Your sniping is done.... 8 or 20 seconds..

The highest bidder usually (there is one itsy bitsy exception dealing with increments), but the earlier your bid is placed the chances increase that your high bid will be nibbled into a higher price.

8 seconds would be tough for another sniper to respond to your snipe, but 20 seconds may be pushing your luck.

Right, Lee. You need to snipe (or why else would we be here?), but when you get down to the last ten seconds, anyone who snipes you at that point planned to snipe, regardless of what you did. And if his snipe is bigger than yours, you are S.O.L. Even if he bid two days earlier, you are S.O.L., if his bid is higher.

The reason we snipe is that most people do not bid their max; they bid just enough to make them top bidder. They are willing to bid more, and will, if you bid early enough to let them bid again. We don't, so they don't.

Number 998 while I was at church today.

Hi Everyone,
I have just Won another item with Auction Sniper...
Do You tell Your friends about AS??
What if they are interested in or have the same hobbies that You have??
Its Likely they may be A/Sniping on the same items??
I don't mind telling relatives as there are none of those with the same hobbies as Me...

Lee Noonan 68AutoBug - SCONE - Australia

Lee, I don't think I ever worried about that. Wonder what the odds would be? Pretty high, I imagine, considering the amount of eBay listings in every catagory!

quote:

Originally posted by Lee VW68AutoBug:
Do You tell Your friends about AS??
What if they are interested in or have the same hobbies that You have??
Its Likely they may be A/Sniping on the same items??

I would think that even a fairly unique hobby (Aussie Vee Dubbers?) draws in a large number of bidders. Unless it’s a very small community and you know a lot of the people, it’s not something that I’d worry about.

If it is a concern, then discuss it with “the gang” and see if some compromise can be worked out. Either everyone can agree that sniping the same auction isn’t personal and that it’s every man/woman for himself/herself, or agree that the person that finds it first will be the only one to snipe (or something like that). That might cause someone on this forum to say that that is illegal/immoral (collusion, or something similar), but what others don’t know won’t hurt them, and it’s better then causing hostilities amongst friends (if it would cause hostilities). I’d opt for the “survival of the fittest” solution.

But, there seems to be something overlooked. What does the gang do today regarding proxy bids? If you and a couple of friends snipe the same auction, it would seem easier to accept than if the friends placed proxy bids. With proxy bids, it’s obvious that someone is trying to outbid someone else in the gang. But with sniping, no one can claim that bidding on the same item was competitive, personal, or intentional, as no one knows about the other guy’s snipe.

Personally, I’d go ahead and tell same-hobby friends/peers about AS, but before I told them, they’d have to agree that since you are going to share a nifty service that will save them a bunch of money, that’s it’s possible that gang members will be competing on the same item, but that they should understand that it’s unintentional, and impersonal.

I guess it depends on how much of a friend they are. If I had a great fishing place, I’d share it with a “friend” (once sworn to secrecy), but I wouldn’t with someone that I just exchanged email/posts with.

Hi Rick,
Well I have told My imediate family about A/S
including a VW Nut son... but I know what He is always looking for...
We look at VWs a different way...
He like the original oldies...
I like the modern? beetles 1968> and I also like to modify with modern bits from None VWs..
thanks for the reply

Lee Noonan 68AutoBug Scone

Hi Serenity,
I suppose You are correct, as there are many new listings each day... and it depends on what they are looking for at the time...
Sometimes My Son will tell Me about something VW He bought that I didn't see... and vice versa.... I forget to look at ebay a lot of times... My Son says the same thing....
cheers & have a great easter...

Lee

quote:

I like the modern? beetles 1968> and I also like to modify with modern bits from None VWs..

Like stuffing a 426 Hemi in a beetle?

No Dave , NOT that drastic!!
Just an alternator... electric fuel pump & fuel pressure regulator, Weber carby,H4 headlamps, electronic ignition and I'm looking at adding Air conditioning to the beetle also...
Took Me 3 years to find out how to do it...
It was avilable in the US but it was an ancient system back in the 1970s...
My Beetle is also an Automatic.... AutoStick..

cheers
Lee

I've bought about 100 items on ebay, most through Auction Sniper

Coupe words of advice - if you're shopping for a specific product, bid high with an odd amount. If you're bidding for value, expect to win about 40% of your snipes - otherwise you're paying to much.

I'm a bideer on Dodge Caravan parts - and if I don't get this one there'll be another next week. So I bid low, and sometimes I'm the only bidder.

If someone wants it worse than I do - thats OK

Just got a new airconditioning hose for my wifes car - I already had the other hose, for 1.00 - retail cost about 175.00 No one else wanted it that day. The list is long . . .

I'm wondering if AS can help us pinpoint phoney biders.

That's an issue with a bif I'm looking at right now . . .

PWR

It would be nice, but very doubtful that AS could or would do that as they are not part of eBay.

Reminds me of the story about the Texas millionaire who drove a VW Beetle. When his friends asked him if it was at least air-conditioned, he said "No, but I keep a couple of cold ones in the fridge".

GG

LOL, GG, cute!

Hi Dave,
No Hemmies here....
but WEBER Carby, Electronic ignition [KIT]
Electric fuel pump & regulator... plus lots of modifications to the engine to fit an air conditioning compressor.. My Beetle is an Automatic too, something rare in Australia....
There are a few Beetles down here with Subaru flat four engines, Mazda rotarys, Nissan etc, plus Ford V8 in the front, Subaru seems to be the most common.. GM V6s or Leyland all alloy V8s in Kombi Buses...

CHEERS

Lee Noonan -- 68AutoBug -- Australia --

http://community.webshots.com/user/vw68autobug

quote:

Originally posted by Dave:

quote:

I like the modern? beetles 1968> and I also like to modify with modern bits from None VWs..

Like stuffing a 426 Hemi in a beetle?

Hi Paul Rob,
I am getting better with MY Bidding and SNIPING,
I have found its better to snipe on items of interest, as I keep finding I've bid on something I don't really want to buy at that price... at least with sniper I can cancel My bidding at any time.... Now thats excellent information... I love Sniping... and haven;t missed out on anything I wanted, well, haven't missed out on anything at all....
I Love SN...
I am also finding that I'm finding the parts I want later on at a cheaper price...

Lee Noonan 68AutoBug Australia

http://community.webshots.com/user/vw68autobug

quote:

Originally posted by paulrob:
I've bought about 100 items on ebay, most through Auction Sniper

Coupe words of advice - if you're shopping for a specific product, bid high with an odd amount. If you're bidding for value, expect to win about 40% of your snipes - otherwise you're paying to much.

I'm a bideer on Dodge Caravan parts - and if I don't get this one there'll be another next week. So I bid low, and sometimes I'm the only bidder.

If someone wants it worse than I do - thats OK

Just got a new airconditioning hose for my wifes car - I already had the other hose, for 1.00 - retail cost about 175.00 No one else wanted it that day. The list is long . . .

I'm wondering if AS can help us pinpoint phoney biders.

That's an issue with a bif I'm looking at right now . . .

PWR

quote:

Mazda rotarys

In a Beetle? Now that's an interesting concept. I once had a Mazda RX-2; a genuine "rice rocket"! That thing would fly; and the smoothest shifting four speed that I ever drove. Ah, the memories.