Ebay RANT
Turbo Mini Forums

Thats it, everything I ever want to bid on again is getting sniped. I'm fed up with bidding on something only to have it sniped by some cunt at the last minute for a quid more than my bid. Wankers, but I can't beat them so I'm joining in.

exactley tom, the rat bastards

Ive never used this sniping bollocks before, but i think i might have to start. I dont buy that much at the moment though.

they did it with me! i was trying to buy a brand new aldon turbo dizzy on ebay, it went for £92.87 and my bid was £90.87!!!!!!

they did you a favour johnny, mj would cost less than that!

"Turbo's make torque, and torque makes fun"

"did you know you can toast potato waffles?"

just happened to me - bid in the last 6 seconds

Thats why I only really ever use Buy It Now - can't be arsed with the auction bullshit.

my local auction house works on this system; it can let the auction run until everyone runs out of steam if need be. The last thing i was bidding on ran an extra couple of hours. The downside to this particular site is that you can't put in the max bid like e-bay so it keeps auto-bidding for you so you need to keep watching it and bid as if you are in the room

megajolt setup is less than £90? lol where from!!!!!! the mj unit is £100 isnt it?

I dont see what the problem is. If you see something you want and set a price that you want to pay for it, what does it matter if some one else wants to pay more for it.

You can still get snipped even when you snipe, as its the person with the highest proxy bid that wins, even if everyone sniped at the last second.

I have been doing it for years, after I learned the hard way why I was loosing all the auctions I was bidding on.

I use http://www.auctionstealer.co.uk You have to register, but you dont have to subscribe, and you get 3 free snipes per week but only sniped in the last ten seconds.

Dont forget that it doesnt really matter when anyone bids whether it is 10 minuits before the auction ends or whether its in the last seconds, the person with the highest proxy bid wins. You just have to be happy that the proxy bid you place is a fair price that you are happy to pay. if you dont win, its because some one else was stupid enough to pay more for it.

i think ben_h was doing them for about £80, but that was a year or 2 back?

coupe, i rarey bid now to, i just use ebay as a shop

"Turbo's make torque, and torque makes fun"

"did you know you can toast potato waffles?"

you wouldnt happen to still have the source code would you?

I only really snipe stuff I desperately want - even then I set myself a realistic price.
Other stuff, I bid like a normal person.

http://www.jolyonway.com

I didn't know there was just an actual program to do this.

if I want something I always put my higest price I can afford in, in the last couple of seconds.

I use auctionsniper.com personally, but there are several other ones out there I imagine...

http://www.jolyonway.com