auction sentry was the only stable one i ever used, but not sure about vista compatibility

i think i tried this myibay and its junky and crashed after a day in vista

yes it is better. no need to keep your computer online all the time just to bid on auction. myibay will take care of everything. try it, they offer trial period, i believe.

Developer: Sashka Nochkin
General myibay support
General support questions and advises regarding myibay sniper
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http://www.google.com/search?q=sashka+myibay&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

These things only help because people are stupid, take it personally when they're outbid, and then get into a pointless bidding war that only benefits the seller. Just bid the maximum amount you're willing to pay in the first place, and leave it at that. It's not that hard.

Quatrix said:These things only help because people are stupid, take it personally when they're outbid, and then get into a pointless bidding war that only benefits the seller. Just bid the maximum amount you're willing to pay in the first place, and leave it at that. It's not that hard.

The smartest thing is to bid your max amount in the last few seconds of the auction and not bid earlier than that. This prevents people who take your bids personally from upping the ante because there is nothing they can do if you bid in the last few seconds. It's not smart to bid early on in an auction if you actually want to be the top bidder at a reasonable price.

sashka said:myibay auction bid sniper software for eBay. I use this software for long time and it really helps me to win a lot of items on eBay.

Maylo said:Developer: Sashka Nochkin
General myibay support
General support questions and advises regarding myibay sniper
Moderators: Sashka
http://www.google.com/search?q=sashka+myibay&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

LOL!!! Classic!

sashka said:yes it is better. no need to keep your computer online all the time just to bid on auction. myibay will take care of everything. try it, they offer trial period, i believe.

As a seller, I love suckers that use these tools.

First, they are easy to detect. When I see one, I have my shill drive the price up, and I end up getting a lot more than I normally would. Of course, I get my share of defaulting buyers, who get negged and banned off eBay, but they learn soon enough to avoid my auctions.

I never do it on people who are being legit. Yes, I know I am violating eBay T&C, but I think this type of software makes the playing field uneven, so I help smooth it out for the "regular" eBayers.

desynced said:mikecism said:sashka said:yes it is better. no need to keep your computer online all the time just to bid on auction. myibay will take care of everything. try it, they offer trial period, i believe.

As a seller, I love suckers that use these tools.

First, they are easy to detect. When I see one, I have my shill drive the price up, and I end up getting a lot more than I normally would. Of course, I get my share of defaulting buyers, who get negged and banned off eBay, but they learn soon enough to avoid my auctions.


You must not sell that much if you didnt know sellers cant leave negative feedback on buyers any more.

http://pages.eBay.com/services/forum/new.html

#2 under "What is changing?"

Should have clarified; prior change, it was negative feedback. Now, "negged" is directly contacting eBay about the welching buyer. Not quite that same, but it works.

But it brings up a good point - eBay "reputation" is now completely worthless without the negatives. They went and did something very dumb. In 5 years, better markets (with real reputations) will emerge and displace them.

my .02 - I know it's not free (1% fee), but i've always used http://esnipe.com/ . It's been very reliable, no downtime, and I usually get a snipe win. Such automated bidding tools do save a lot for the buyer on auction style listings. There's really no need to bid on an auction style listing til the end.