Two bids instead of one...

AS submits multiple snipes from multiple servers to guarantee at least one gets in. Normally they don’t appear in the bid history because ebay doesn’t let the additional snipes in (same bid amounts). Sometimes the snipes are so close, ebay will accept them.

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Hello, Yes, it's me again. This has been happending for me for quite awhile now. Instead of AS putting in one bid, it puts in two bids of the same amount--at the same time

See, good things happen to good people!

Well that got a little chuckle.
I just don't want people to know that I am sniping, and I think that is a dead giveaway. Should it matter if people know?

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Should it matter if people know?

Heck no!

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Originally posted by Serenity:
See, good things happen to good people!

And bad things happen to good people, and good things happen to bad people, and e-v-e-r-y so often, bad things happen to bad people (we need to work on that last one some more).

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I just don't want people to know that I am sniping, and I think that is a dead giveaway. Should it matter if people know?

The fact that your bid registers in the last few moments of an auction by definition characterizes you as a "sniper". TWO of your bids hitting simultaneously MAY tip off folks that you are using a sniping service, but not neccessarily. They may chalk it up to an ebay glich!

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Originally posted by portcity34:
Well that got a little chuckle.

I had considered starting my first post with “Hi, it's me again.”

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Originally posted by portcity34:
I just don't want people to know that I am sniping, and I think that is a dead giveaway.

You think that’s bad – one person had 4 snipes with the same times recorded in a auction’s bid history. It’s unlikely the seller would realize what was going on, unless they understood how a service like AS worked. But it probably would cause them, and the other bidders, to scratch their heads. It might even make the other bidders think you are one scary dude, or dudette.

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Originally posted by portcity34:
Should it matter if people know?

Well, we’ve debated that enough times. It shouldn’t matter, but to some sellers it does, and they get on here and get very, VERY VOCAL about it. And, since most every one turns off InstaMail, it would appear that most snipers don’t want to advertise that they use a sniping service. Since we snipe to save money, some sellers tend to think the savings are coming out of their pockets.

The odd thing is that it seems placing manual snipes get less bashing than automated snipes. I guess the seller feels better when someone has to work for the snipe, or something.

Well, I still don't like the idea that people will eventually catch on and then they will start sniping and before you know everybody will be sniping all over the place. I just can't have that. It will be utter chaos!

Not to worry. Sara posted that ebay adds 50,000 new users a day, and that AS doesn’t even have that many users.

https://community.auctionsniper.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/38.../291602491#291602491

https://community.auctionsniper.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/38.../737609551#737609551

https://community.auctionsniper.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/58.../861606121#861606121

https://community.auctionsniper.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/58.../553605121#553605121

You are still in the minority, which means you are probably doing something right.