Bidding Bots

[gorbal-43]

Is anyone away of bidding bots to make last second (not minute) bids?

I lost two auctions yesterday to the same person within an identical 4 seconds of the close time.  I understand the maxbid strategy of placing a bid at the close of the auction but I get concerned when the same person is able to place a bid (which I never saw live and could only see via bid history) within an identical 4 seconds of closing time.  Sounds like the problems getting concert tickets online!

I am not a jilted bidder, as I understand the process, but I want to make sure that, if I ever bid again, I am not up against a BOT and can see the bidding in real time without delays so as to make it fair to all participants.

[marnotom!]

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@stevenvillman wrote:

I did the 'Bid once. Bid Your Maximum' TWICE in the same auction (meaning that I raised my maximum bid twice in that eBay auction because I was outbid by someone else who also didn't win the eBay auction) and *STILL* lost the auction because of sniping within 4 seconds of the eBay auction's end from someone who placed a manual low bid at the beginning of the auction!

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If you bid twice in the same auction, you didn't bid your maximum the first time around.

You didn't lose the auction because of a sniper got in there at the last four seconds.  You lost the auction because that sniper was prepared to pay more than your maximum bid.

[marnotom!]

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@stevenvillman wrote:

If someone, who is of low-income status and yet likes joining in eBay auctions from time to time, does as what you say in regarding eBay auctions – they'll probably lose those auctions most of the time to richer people who snipe in eBay auctions. That is the main problem with sniping in eBay auctions.

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If the sniper is prepared to pay more than you for the item, it doesn't matter when they place their bid.

[kh-leslie]

Hi everyone,

Due to the age of this thread, it has been closed to further replies. Please feel free to start a new thread if you wish to continue to discuss this topic.

Thank you for understanding.