I have it at 2 seconds. Should I back it up to 5 or something?
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And I have another question - How does a seller know if you are using a sniper or not?? Or can they?
Hi. Yes, definitely increase your time. I have mine set for 5 seconds and I seldom lose an auction. Sometimes people think 5 seconds is too much, but it never fails ME!
The sellers have no way of knowing that you're set up to snipe. Actually, I don't think they care. They just want to sell their stuff. As far as they are concerned, you are just 1 or more of the number of visitors on their counter.
IF, however, you place a bid on eBay first, they will know you are in the ball game. Why would you bid on eBay first? There's no reason to. Do it all through AucSnip and you'll win auctions. (Unless, of course, you are sniped by another sniper. But that rarely happens to me.)
Recently I sniped item 160158471626. Just for the heck of it, I decided to modify my highest bid on AS. When I saw it prior to the end, the going price was $40ish. Then all of a sudden someone bid $160.00. Then I promply sniped it at $161.61. If that other person had only bid $110, my snipe wouldn't have been so much.
So, just put the highest amount you are willing to pay and have it set for 5 seconds.
Good luck............Nancy
The sellers have no way of knowing that you're set up to snipe. Actually, I don't think they care. They just want to sell their stuff. As far as they are concerned, you are just 1 or more of the number of visitors on their counter.
IF, however, you place a bid on eBay first, they will know you are in the ball game. Why would you bid on eBay first? There's no reason to. Do it all through AucSnip and you'll win auctions. (Unless, of course, you are sniped by another sniper. But that rarely happens to me.)
Recently I sniped item 160158471626. Just for the heck of it, I decided to modify my highest bid on AS. When I saw it prior to the end, the going price was $40ish. Then all of a sudden someone bid $160.00. Then I promply sniped it at $161.61. If that other person had only bid $110, my snipe wouldn't have been so much.
So, just put the highest amount you are willing to pay and have it set for 5 seconds.
Good luck............Nancy
I had to withdraw my snipe. The price has already gone over what I would pay. Oh well, still have 3 snipes left!
No need to withdraw it – you’re only charged (deducted a free snipe) when you win the auction. If your snipe amount is below the auction price, ebay won’t allow AS to place the snipe.
8 seconds is my recommendation. Set up your max snipe as the most you want to pay plus a few pence/cents to help you win in a tie. Ebay 9and the buyer) will see you log on and bid - no-one can tell that it's an electronic snipe...
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Minimum is 3 - look again.quote:Originally posted by utkgrad101:
I have it at 2 seconds.
Even if the min time is 3 or 8, why did it let me set it at 2?
It didn't. It changed it to 3.
2, 3 or 8 - it matters not - no-one can respond in that time frame. But if you set it low then you risk AS missing the bid altogether. So take the advice of the old-soaks and stop worrying!
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LOL!! Well the bid went WAY OVER what I was willing to pay by about $40. Oh well!! 
Memory refresher (been there - done it): It's not the last bid that wins, but the highest.
why bother setting a 3 or 4 if the system is set to a default anyway? I have had success but today lost an auction and noticed the bid went in 8 seconds ahead and two people outbid me. I did some research and almost all of my bids I lost since joining went in 8 to 9 seconds ahead of time, my snipes are set at 3. Having heard from support I understand they (the software)would rather bid than lose than not get a bid in but why bother letting us choose 3, 4 or even 5 seconds if they are going to bid 8 to 9 seconds ahead. And I do disagree with some here if I see a bid at 8 seconds there is enough time to hit a manual, the one I lost today the high bidder was not proxy he or she bid after my bid was placed by the software. Oh well.