hi i'm gonna place a bid of £6.00 for item number #3028757813. What amount of seconds before the ending do u reccomend i should set it on?
thanx alot
p.s. gr8 idea
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To a certain extent it depends on when the auction is closing. Some times are busier for eBay than others, particularly on weekends. I'm getting my snipes through with 8 seconds left; you might want to use 10 seconds if the item is really important to you, just to give AS and eBay a little extra time to register your bid.
Good luck, and let us know how it comes out, will you?
Good luck, and let us know how it comes out, will you?
After my last fiasco, I'm not sure how much creditably you'll give me, but I'll take a shot.
5 seconds should be OK. I'd used 8, just because I'm cautious. It doesn't have a high counter, so you're very unlikely to have a manual counter snipe.
It's not prime time (Wed. 13:59:38), but it's close to ending on the exact hour. There's more auctions end on the exact hour, so you might get a slow down. All things considered, just to be safe, 10 to 12 seconds.
Also, I wouldn't post my snipe amount. It's very unlikely that 2 AS'ers would be going after that, but one never knows.
Good luck.
P.S. Sorry for leading you astray on your last post.
5 seconds should be OK. I'd used 8, just because I'm cautious. It doesn't have a high counter, so you're very unlikely to have a manual counter snipe.
It's not prime time (Wed. 13:59:38), but it's close to ending on the exact hour. There's more auctions end on the exact hour, so you might get a slow down. All things considered, just to be safe, 10 to 12 seconds.
Also, I wouldn't post my snipe amount. It's very unlikely that 2 AS'ers would be going after that, but one never knows.
Good luck.
P.S. Sorry for leading you astray on your last post.
for for all your help - if one of you two are an administrator could you delete this topic please? dont want peeple to steal it before me.
oh yeh also can i put more than one snipe on an item? coz then i'll have nothing to lose if a very late snipe doesn't work because i would have done a earlier one.
You have until 7:10 to change it. Click on icon next to quotes. Hurry.
Too late. Icon is gone.
I wouldn't worry. Very remote chance, but something to know in the future. And, you can update and delete you posts for 30 minutes (or so).
Too late. Icon is gone.
I wouldn't worry. Very remote chance, but something to know in the future. And, you can update and delete you posts for 30 minutes (or so).
its 3:12 in england so i was confuzed on what you meant. so now it's impossible to delete this message? even an administrator can't?
No, the administrator can. There's usually two icons next to the quotes (" ") at the top of each post. One of those allows you to change or delete your post, the other one allows you to alert AS support about a questionable post. After 30 minutes, the icon to change or delete no longer works.
The time remaining is based on PST - the time of this forum.
I sure didn't mean to imply that you did something terrible by leaving the price. I just recommend doing it again.
P.S. - I don't know if you noticed, but I've changed this one post 3 or 4 times.
Also, after about 10 minutes, you get the following added:
[This message was edited by Rick on June 07, 2003 at 07:28 AM.]
The time remaining is based on PST - the time of this forum.
I sure didn't mean to imply that you did something terrible by leaving the price. I just recommend doing it again.
P.S. - I don't know if you noticed, but I've changed this one post 3 or 4 times.
Also, after about 10 minutes, you get the following added:
[This message was edited by Rick on June 07, 2003 at 07:28 AM.]
AS won't let you set up two snipes, but you can put in one (or more) previous proxy bids manually. We recommend against this because it's tipping your hand and defeating your purpose as a sniper -- which is all about stealth and surprise.
Don't worry about your AS snipe getting in on time. It's programmed to add a few seconds to your snipe automatically if it senses that eBay is running slow. (So don't get your knickers in a knot if your bid goes in sooner than you had it scheduled for. That's just AS trying like mad to make sure that eBay accepts your bid even though the eBay servers are busy.)
No, neither Rick nor I is an administrator. Just longtime snipers, like you'll be one day.
Don't worry about your AS snipe getting in on time. It's programmed to add a few seconds to your snipe automatically if it senses that eBay is running slow. (So don't get your knickers in a knot if your bid goes in sooner than you had it scheduled for. That's just AS trying like mad to make sure that eBay accepts your bid even though the eBay servers are busy.)
No, neither Rick nor I is an administrator. Just longtime snipers, like you'll be one day.
hey, thanx
Note that sometimes you have to bid manually to knock out a BIN before you can get to a snipe....so no that diesn't tip your hand if you've got a reason