what you reckon to this on ebay ?

[mrs maggot]

according to a new member, ebay stopped him selling these lighters

[Paul]

Nope. Iam still the highest bidder on them.

[mrs maggot]

you bid already with 3 days to go ?? i never bid till at least 1 minute, why push the price up days before ??

[smitch6]

very true i use bid vista or whatever its called to bid 7 seconds before the end of auction

[Paul]

I can not see any point in sniping in last sec?? I offer what can i pay and thats it. it does not matter is this 3 day or 5minutes. on the end of the day people will ofer only as much as much they willing to pay.

[cardman]

yeah i noticed it at 112 now

crazy though cause at last minute it can auto jump to over 200
ive seen me watch stuff on ebay for like 6-9 days hoping to get it and pipped at last minute by someone else.
Also have u noticed most times stuff on ebay goes for nearly shop prices esp if its an auction

@paul - hope u got 250 for them lighters

[Paul]

they aint my

[JSR]

ive seen me watch stuff on ebay for like 6-9 days hoping to get it and pipped at last minute by someone else.
Also have u noticed most times stuff on ebay goes for nearly shop prices esp if its an auction

I've noticed the same thing and it really turns ebay into a joke, and it's why I don't use them much any more.

I was after several items before Christmas, but I looked mostly for "buy it now" items so I stood a chance of getting them. These "snipers" ruin the whole process.

Some items I wanted to bid on, so I watched them for several days and then bid during the last day. You sit there watching right up 'til the last minute, thinking you've won - because you know you have another £20 before you'd be outbid - but, in the last second, you've suddenly lost. Ten days and proper bidding completely wasted.

The only saving grace is that, several times, the second hand/used item I was after ended up being sniped for prices in excess of what they would have cost if bought new. Serves them right.

I was after a printer back in November and I ended up bidding on about seven of the things in succession before I finally got one that wasn't sniped in the last second. It's a ridiculous situation that makes ebay look like a joke.

As a result of the snipers, I don't tend to look at ebay for anything that I really want because I know there's a 99% chance that I'd be sniped in the last second. I wonder how many other people have turned away from ebay because of the same thing?

[cardman]

same ere i usually go for buy it now
Sometimes its just not worth the wait,just to find u not won.

[mrs maggot]

i dont use a snipe tool, i just have it open in a second window with my final bid in place, and then place it at the last moment