Hello,
I've won several auctions with Auction Sniper. My lead time is five seconds. Each of my winning snipes has come in seven seconds before the close. Is there any benefit to my reducing the lead time?
JWells
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None at all. It's the HIGHEST bid that wins, not the LAST one. If you reduce your time, then you risk not having your bid processed in time by eBay. For Sunday nights and auctions that end directly on the hour any day, also quarter and half hour endings any day, you may wish to add 10-15 seconds to the original five. 
You say add time if it ends directly on the hour, quarter hour or half hour. Why is Ebay busier at these times and do you mean exactly at these times? What about a minute or two either side of these times?
Another point...
Even when increasing your lead time to 15-20 seconds, it is often too short of a time-span for anyone to react to and manually challenge your bid, so even though there may be other bidders that place bids after yours, via sniping software, you still win if your bid is the highest.
-bjt
Even when increasing your lead time to 15-20 seconds, it is often too short of a time-span for anyone to react to and manually challenge your bid, so even though there may be other bidders that place bids after yours, via sniping software, you still win if your bid is the highest.
-bjt
I stick with the advise Steve gave me on my first snipe. Bid 8 sec. during normal times add 15 to 20 during the busy times and bid the most you can justify for the auction. It may not always work, afterall, it is an auction and you take your chances.
rsmiller40
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