This topic isn't strictly for this forum, but theres been a couple of times where I've found some real studio gear bargains on ebay only to be gazumped literally in the last seconds by £5. My mate reckons there's a piece of software which you can download and in the last few seconds of bidding it enters a bid higher than the highest bidder. Anyone know of this?
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Thread: Gazumped again!
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05-09-2004, 05:29 PM #1Junior Freak
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Gazumped again!
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05-09-2004, 06:06 PM #2Supreme Freak
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think its called esniper or something like that
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05-09-2004, 06:47 PM #3Junior Freak
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Nice one. Looking at the esniper site I found a link to bidtamer http://www.bidtamer.com/ which does a similar thing specifically for ebay if anyone's interested
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06-09-2004, 12:03 AM #4acieeeeeeeeeeeeed
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sneaky buggers, i should have known there was some software for this
cheers for the linkLife is "trying things to see if they work"
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06-09-2004, 01:06 AM #5Ultimate Freak
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lol, good work fellas!
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06-09-2004, 12:53 PM #6Junior Freak
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Spot on that, cheers!
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06-09-2004, 02:42 PM #7BOA Newbie
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Why not just enter the max amount that you're willing to pay for the item, same difference afaics ?
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06-09-2004, 04:38 PM #8Junior Freak
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I 'spose, but say there's only a couple of bidders, if u leave it to the last few seconds u avoid a bidding war pushing the price up. If u bid early with a higher maximum bid, then the other bidders will see this and change their maximum bid accordingly, forcing u to do the same until someone drops out. If, say, someone is winning Nova with a maximum bid of £170, then 10 secs before the bidding ends u can slip in a bid of £172, and the other bidder won't have time to change their maximum bid. Neaky, yes, but I missed out on some bargains by this
Originally Posted by magnetize
\'A good friend will bail you out of jail.
A best friend will be sitting next to you saying \"That was f*cking awsome!\"\'
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06-09-2004, 08:07 PM #9BOA Newbie
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I realise all this but if everyone starts using sniping s/w then it'll end up being the same thing. Decide on a max you're willing to pay for something & just stick to that. Originally Posted by John Ferraris
I 'spose, but say there's only a couple of bidders, if u leave it to the last few seconds u avoid a bidding war pushing the price up. If u bid early with a higher maximum bid, then the other bidders will see this and change their maximum bid accordingly, forcing u to do the same until someone drops out. If, say, someone is winning Nova with a maximum bid of £170, then 10 secs before the bidding ends u can slip in a bid of £172, and the other bidder won't have time to change their maximum bid. Neaky, yes, but I missed out on some bargains by this Originally Posted by magnetize
Certain audio gear goes for way too much on e-bay anyway - MPC's, Nords, etc.. Personal ads turn up better bargains for a lot of stuff in my experience.
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07-09-2004, 09:19 AM #10Junior Freak
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I just got a tr909 offa e-bay for £600 :lol:
Sorry I know I'm not contributing much, I'm just really pleased :lol:
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