newbie's first snipe

lemmyMember

Hi all,
i have a question - sorry if its already been covered.
I have an auction happening tomorrow and have set a snipe on it.
I'm worried though that it won't work, for whatever reason, and that i might just win if I make a normal bid with a high max anyway.
So, the question is - if i log in normally to ebay and make a bid with say 30 seconds to go, with a max. value just below that of my AS snipe, will the AS snipe still work, even though I'm already logged into e-bay?
My lead time is 12 secs by the way - how does that sound? (Bid finishes just after 6pm.)
Thanks!
Lemmy

1/28/041:27 PM

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mrsmMember

You can do that if you like and I have done that as a safety net a time or two on very important auctions. Twelve seconds should be ok to set your snipe. I probably would set mine at 8, but you will hear a lot of contraversy on timing snipes. Good luck. Let me know how you do.

1/28/041:43 PM

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rickMember

quote:
Originally posted by lemmy:
if i log in normally to ebay and make a bid with say 30 seconds to go, with a max. value just below that of my AS snipe, will the AS snipe still work, even though I'm already logged into e-bay?

Well, that depends. If your proxy bid is the high bid by an increment, then your snipe could be placed if it was 1 penny more. If not, you would have to snipe at the next increment. If your proxy bid isn't high, your snipe would have to be high enough to reach the next increment.

Also, if you proxy bid and win and if you have an AS snipe in place, even if the AS snipe doesn't appear on the bid history, AS will bill you (or use up a free snipe).

1/28/041:52 PM

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puppyraiserMember

lemmy, WELCOME.

If you're doing that to make sure AS works for you, just remember your bids have to be valid to get recorded. (don't forget about the increment thing)

1/28/041:53 PM

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lemmyMember

Thanks guys,
So basically my snipe bid has to be higher than the currently winning one by at least the increment amount? (unless I'm the person who's currently winning of course) And if it is and my max amount is highest, I win?

I'll let you know how it goes...
Lemmy

1/29/041:43 AM

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chatterMember

quote:
Originally posted by lemmy:
Thanks guys,
So basically my snipe bid has to be higher than the currently winning one by at least the increment amount? (unless I'm the person who's currently winning of course) And if it is and my max amount is highest, I win?

I'll let you know how it goes...
Lemmy

In a nutshell, yes, that is it!

1/29/044:25 AM

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rickMember

Ahhh! There is that "nutshell". Tough one to crack, and even harder to explain.

1/29/046:13 AM

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lemmyMember

I won by the way...

On a lead time of 10 secs.

ebay was looking slowish so I was going to switch back to 12, but before i knew it the auction was over, and I had won.

1/31/043:43 AM

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rickMember

quote:
Originally posted by lemmy:
ebay was looking slowish so I was going to switch back to 12

You probably already know this, but any changes/deletes to AS snipes have to be done prior to 2 minutes before auction end. After that, they can't be recalled.

1/31/044:24 AM

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