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Urgent help needed for an auction tonight!

U urban-sniperMember
Hi. I've just registered with A/S and need advice for an item I would like to bid for tonight on UK ebay.

Firstly, I'm assuming A/S works with the UK ebay. Please could you confirm this for me!

The current bid is £83. A similar product went up to £105 yesterday. The maximum I am willing to pay is £107. If I enter £107 into A/S, when A/S snipes, will it just up the last bid by the right increment (say to £84 if there have been no other bids) or will it snipe at £107?

I'm sure it will snipe with only an increase in the increment bud I had to check being a newbie !!

Also, the auction ends 19:52 this evening (Sunday). Should I leave the snipe time to five seconds or does anyone suggest a different time. Having read the forums, I understand Sundays are the busiest time on ebay but I also understand A/S can change the snipe time as well to try and make sure you win.

Any advice greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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S snipersarabAuctionSniper Support
Yes, you would win for 84.

7-8pm California/eBay time is peak. But since it doesnt end on the hour, half hour, or quarter hours 5-8 seconds should be enough. I'd probably go with 8 just because of it being on Sunday at peak hours.

The peaks on Sunday in the summer arent as much as the rest of the year. Last Saturday/Sunday/Monday/Tuesday all had about the same traffic and peaks on eBay.
S steveExpertSniper
Urban-sniper, let me clarify one thing for you: AS submits whatever your maximum bid is; in the example you gave, £107. But you said that one increment should do the trick so, although your bid would actually be £107, you should win for £84. (But if it takes more than one increment to win you'll be glad you bid your max.) And yes, AS works just fine with UK eBay.

When you use AS your bid is always in the same currency that the auction is using, and it is treated exactly the same way by eBay as if you had entered it yourself, manually. This includes eBay using the remainder of your £107 bid as a hidden proxy reserve which will not be applied unless it's necessary to keep you on top.

Let us know how it comes out, will you? Smile
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U urban-sniperMember
Ok. I'm totally sold on A/S! My bid was entered by A/S and I won the auction. I had to go for a slightly higher max amount but it came in handy against someone who was quite determined to get the same product.

Interestingly, I set my lead time for 7 seconds but I noticed once the auction had closed that the bid was entered at 19:52:12 when the auction ended at 19:52:21 - ie. a lead time of 9 seconds. Not that it matters as I still won.

Thanks for the advice all. A/S has secured my future business. The Forum is a great benefit to A/S.

urban-sniper
S steveExpertSniper
Congratulations, urban-sniper! Getting that first AS snipe under your belt is a big relief.

I use 8 seconds as my usual lead time but I have my default setting at 6 seconds because I experience the same 2-second lag that you did. I have no idea what the cause of the lag is, but it's a constant and the easiest thing to do is just make allowance for it in your default setting. Smile

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