snipe bid vs. ebay bid

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Originally posted by MARGRETDZN:

If I see an item I want to bid on on Ebay, are you saying it is _NOT NECESSARY_ to bid _directly on the Ebay site_-----_just go to AS and place my maximum bid?_This confuses me, because when I go to Ebay site, just to see item, I don't think I would see my bid there-----
and say, if the biding is at 25.00, and I just bid through AS at a max of 50.00, and my bid is not listed, and then someone raises the bid just before close to 45.00-------will AS snipe for me at 46.00?

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That is exactly right. Most folks do NOT bid on eBay, but bid here. (Some of us, if we happen to be at the computer when the auction is ending, do place a last-second manual snipe, just as a back-up, but that is another story.)

Naturally, you will not see your bid listed until the auction is over, because your bid was not entered until the last few seconds. That is the beauty of sniping with AS--no one sees your bid or even knows you are interested in the item until it is too late to counterbid!

In your example, you would inded win the auction at $46. We recommend that you bid in unusual amounts, like $51.47, to minimize any issues with bid increments, or in the extremely unlikely event that someone else also bids the exact same amount.

Thanks for the reply.....

Just to make sure I understand IT ALL....

From now on, when I see an item on EBAY, I will go directly to the AS site and register my bid----bypassing EBAY bidding altogether.....

That makes everything much easier......

MARGRETDZN

I just posted my last reply....went to my email and I had a notice that I had been outbid.....

Auction.. 2357429277


(this was when I had placed bid on Ebay and AS.......

I have a "sniped" bid of 55.00---but my email shows a current bid of only 41.00.....

Please explain.....

MARGRETDZN

But what is your ebay hand placed bid or proxy bid? I am sure this is the one you were out bid on. Your snipe has not been placed yet so it has nothing to do with that.

I agree with Mrs. M. Place your bids on AS and not on ebay. That way you do not add to the price run up. Just decide your max bid in the first place.
You then just hit the update button on the AS to keep up with what is going on. Your AS bid will not show up until the end of the auction.

Best of luck.

I think I know what I did wrong.....

Before I learned about just bidding through AS,
I had placed a high bid on EBAY for 40.00........then I placed my high bid on AS for 55.00.
when the bidding got to 41.00, EBAY mailed and said I was outbid......(it was sooo confusing going back and forth between Ebay and AS for two biddings!!).......

but if all is correct to my understanding.....

I have the high bid of 55.00 on AS, so I need not go back to EBAY and do anything, just wait till the end of the auction, where AS will place my high bid of 55.00, or less, if I need it.

Is this correct?
Also, one more question-----
if the bidding gets to where, at 55.00, (before end of auction) I am no longer highest, will AS notify me------at that time, and I can just go higher if I want through AS??

Thanks for the "learning experience"

MARGRETDZN

They do notify you, but will it be in time..who knows. It is best to keep up on it yourself if you can. You can change your snipe amount up until the 3 min. period. After 2 minutes, it is being redied to snipe. Why not place your snipe at the max you are willing to pay in the first place?

Thank your for all your info.......



MARGRETDZN