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<p>[QUOTE="cpm9ball, post: 1608646, member: 24633"]Like Paul said, use a sniping program like Bidnapper or whatever. There is very little chance that a manual snipe can beat it since the program usually enters your bid with 1-2 seconds left. By the time it is recorded in the auction, it is too late for you to enter a counteroffer even if you are hovering over the "Submit" button.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I was using Bidnapper, I paid $43 a year for unlimited snipes, and I was placing as many as 50 bids a week. Naturally, if you're trying to win on a low-ball bid, the odds are much greater that you may lose anyway. Another thing I used to do was check "Watch Count" which tells you how many people have viewed a particular auction, and it also tells you how many people have put it on their "Watch List". Obviously, if only a small handful of people have placed bids, but there are 10x, 20x or more people who have put it on their Watch List, then the odds are much higher that someone else is trying to snipe it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cpm9ball, post: 1608646, member: 24633"]Like Paul said, use a sniping program like Bidnapper or whatever. There is very little chance that a manual snipe can beat it since the program usually enters your bid with 1-2 seconds left. By the time it is recorded in the auction, it is too late for you to enter a counteroffer even if you are hovering over the "Submit" button. When I was using Bidnapper, I paid $43 a year for unlimited snipes, and I was placing as many as 50 bids a week. Naturally, if you're trying to win on a low-ball bid, the odds are much greater that you may lose anyway. Another thing I used to do was check "Watch Count" which tells you how many people have viewed a particular auction, and it also tells you how many people have put it on their "Watch List". Obviously, if only a small handful of people have placed bids, but there are 10x, 20x or more people who have put it on their Watch List, then the odds are much higher that someone else is trying to snipe it. Chris[/QUOTE]
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