Maximum Bid

Welcome sgtd40!

Don't concern yourself about asking stupid questions. At times I believe I'm the resident queen of stupid questions.

If I understand your example correctly, you placed a max proxy bid of $20 on eBay which placed you as current high bidder at $15.

...."When you place a maximum bid on Auction Sniper for an auction item, is it the same amount that you placed at the auction itself"....

Setting a snipe for the same amount you've already bid is of no value. You are already covered up to $20 with your eBay proxy bid.

...."or another higher amount that will allow Auction Sniper to exceed that maximum bid in increments of $1.00 (or whatever the increment would be at that auction)yet set a limit that Auction Sniper can not exceed? "....

If you are really willing to go higher than $20 for the item, set your snipe for the maximum amount you are willing to pay.

...."To ensure that I have the winning price, should I place a higher price on my Auction Sniper folder for that item?"....

Again, set your snipe for your true max. It doesn't ensure you win the item, but doing this prevents other bidders from knowing that you're waiting out there ready to snipe with a higher amount.

..."Also, if I place a higher price say $25.00, and someone outbids that amount, would Auction Sniper automatically place a bid at $26.00 in order for me to win that auction?"...

No, Auction Sniper bids only the amount you've set. Nothing more, nothing less; i.e., if you set your snipe for $25 and the next highest bidder is $22 at end of auction, you win the auction at whatever increment is just above $22.

There is a feature here that I don't have a crystal clear understanding of, and that is an Auction Sniper email alert when your snipe amount is not enough to win the auction. I don't think we are guaranteed an email notification. Perhaps Adam R. can give us the definitive on this.

As I've read over and over from veteran snipers--An essential key to sniping is to determine what your true max is. Then, use that amount to snipe with.

Personally, I never place any bids on auctions that are really important to me. I just set my true max for the snipe amount and watch. Once in a while I may raise that amount if the bidding goes higher, but not often.

As you can see, I'm not very concise. I hope I've been more helpful than not. There are other more experienced veteran snipers here that might be able to clarify the answers for you. Don't hesitate to ask.

Neva

Hello Neva,

Thanks for your reply you did answer my questions.

I also appreciate your advice. I wish I would have known to not place my bid on those items I really wanted most, but unfortunately I didn't know about sniping until a couple of days ago, after I placed the bid. I think your advice is a solid one to follow. I am learning as I go, I'll hold off on bidding and just snipe at the end from now on.

Again, thank you for your help and advice.
Jim

Hi sgtd40,

Wow! What a compliment! Thanks.

Read up on sniping in the eBay forums. I can't remember where I found information originally, but I do remember that SirSnipesALot's About Me page has some good references listed IMHO. You might try starting there.

Other Pro Snipers (like Steve ) might have some suggestions for good reading.

Good luck to you, Jim!

Neva

Hello Neva,

Once again you have come to the aid of this retired soldier, you never get to old to learn I guess. Thank you for the info, I will explore that too. I won an auction that ended last night through snipe and believe me, the information you gave me was a major reason why I won, for that I am grateful. I owe you one....

sgtd40,

My dear sir, if I may be so presumptuous, the credit is not mine. I simply repeated a lot of what I've read and adopted myself. The honors really go to those pros who've been generous enough to share their "secrets."

If you read through several older posts, you will glean little tidbits worthy of note. In fact, this evening I toyed with whether or not to use a suggestion by jayolson posted back in November on a highly desirable auction. I decided not to, and lost in the same scenario he described. Here's the post:

click on this-->jayolson post

I'm really glad you won your auctions. I guess that is what we're all here for! hehe

Neva

Hi Snipers....Like Neva said....you can get a lot of help from past posts and the "Help" folder...The post from Jayolson that Neva referred to is an excellent help-hint...I had not read that post before.....What I did find yesterday in the Help ??? & ans. that A.S. provides,is 90 seconds before the end of an auction A.S. has to lock out any add. changes/modifications to one of your snipes..(technical reason)..therefore, you better place your best max. bid before you're locked out from making/increasing your snipe bid....All the info I need to use A.S. is there....I just have trouble with remembering...hehe Carol...