maximum bid

You pay only the amount it takes to win over the higest bidder..if your snipe is high enough to do that. It is sort of a last moment, one time, proxy bid.

I would also like to welcome you to the forum!

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nd i had my maximum bid at $39.99 and i sniped the auction w/ 5 seconds left, would i hafta pay what my maximum bid was or the amount necessary to beat the other bidder?

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As Shirl mentioned, Auction Sniper (AS) submits your bid to ebay and then ebay treats it as a normal proxy bid. So, you only pay as much as needed to stay ahead of the bidding.

My only other suggestion would be...if you are willing to bid $39.99, go that little bit more and make that snipe $40.27.

You *might* just win for a few cents, rather than get out bid by someone who was willing to pay $40.00

To understand more about ebay bidding >click here< Click on Bidding Overview then Proxy Bidding.
And from me too.

I always bid the few units extra (23.03 instead of 23.00) - I love it when the lead bidder and I race (by proxy) up to the win line and it's great to beat him/her by just a few units (pence/cents you decide!). Sometimes I lose when their proxy bid is higher than mine.

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Now you have all the good advise...go snipe your max and win!!

tchieu1961,

One thing I sometimes bring up, which proably doesn’t win any points for me with AS, is "InstaMail". If you haven’t seen this AS feature, you might want to take a look at it.

...and turn it off!

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ok ppls

im new 2 dis so gotta ask wot 2 u will be a dumb arse question! hehe

ok.. an auction has 5mins to go, say the current bid is $20.00

sniper waits till 5secs to go (my max bid is $20.05)

what happens if there is multiple ppl who are sniping?

(1) does ebay award the auction to the first snipe it processes?

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(2) if the winning bidder is only using ebay but has a maz bid of say $30.00, will my snipe win or will ebay automatically outbid my snipe (even tho i snipe with 5secs to go)??

sorry - I don't speak Russian.

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I dont speak Russian either and I HATE SMS speak, but I will answer your questions

Your example is kinda null and void because if the current bid is $20, your $20.05 snipe aint doing nothing buster!

Your snipe would have to be at least one bid increment higher than the current bid. At the $20 mark, that would mean your snipe would need to be at least $21.00.

So, lets use this example.

Current bid is $20.00 and lets say we know their max is $30.00, your snipe is set for $25.05 at 5 seconds.

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(1) does ebay award the auction to the first snipe it processes?

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Nope - as with any bidding, its the HIGHEST bidder/sniper that wins, not the LASTEST!

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(2) if the winning bidder is only using ebay but has a maz bid of say $30.00, will my snipe win or will ebay automatically outbid my snipe (even tho i snipe with 5secs to go)??

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The winning bidder (as you so stated) would be the WINNER. Ebay will take your snipe and bid up to $25.05 as asked, then the other bidder with the MAX of $30.00 would win for $26.05.

Ebay will only use the maximum amount you sniped if it is needed to keep you ahead of the others.

Now, had you sniped $30.05 originally, you would of won the auction for $.05, that is IF the othe bidders maximum was $30.00

You wont ever know what the other bidders Maximum is, so you just need to decide what the absolute MAXIMUM value of the item is to YOU and then add a few more centc/pennies.

ur 2 kind lxE

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Smartarse