How Can You Defeat Ebay Snipers?
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The article "How Can You Defeat Ebay Snipers?" talks about auctions, it has been released by ron king.
If you're bidding for items on eBay, sooner or later you'll end up having your bid beaten at the really last seocnd by a "sniper". This can be a frustarting experience. In theory sniping is against the ruels and you can report it to eBay. In practice, however, they never do anything about it.
The hottest way to beat the sinper is to become the sniper. Once you understand the process of sniping, you can use it to win more auctions, more often, and at a lower cost than you would otherwise pay.
Sniping Manually
If you have a lot of time to spare and a reasonably fast Internet connection, sniping manually is not all that difficult.
Make a note of the time when the auction you're bdiding on will end. Then make sure you're sitting in front of the page at that vital last mintue. Then just outbid the current winning bidder, or defend your own winning bid.
Here's a valuable tip to remember for maunal sniping: make sure you set your maximum bid quite high. Otherwise you risk being automatically outbid, and the auction will have ended before you can bid again.
It's not wroth your time to compete against somebody who is using an automated sniping service. If their service is any good, they will alawys manage to outbid you. In the sniping arms race, you need to find a sniper on full auto.
Sniping In The Age Of Automation
If you enter "ebay sniping" into your favorite search engine, you'll find a long list of onlnie services that will snipe on your behalf for a small fee.
They usulaly offer a free trial, so give it a go.
If you don't want to pay each time for an online service, then you can buy sniping software outright -- for example, SnipeRight or ISnipIet (just add a ".Com" to the name to find them on the internet). You pay once and use them as much as you want.
After you've installed the software on your computer, you tell it which auctions you want sniped and the maximum amount you're willnig to pay. The software then places your bid in the last few seconds of bidding. One drawback to this method is that you need to be able to leave your computer on nearly all the time, or you might miss the end of some auctions.
An Alternative To Sniping
If you're reluctant to lower yourself to "playing dirty," then there is another, more low-tech way to get around sniping. You can just email the seller and say that you were sniped at the last minute, but wolud really like the item.
If they have a second unit to sell, chances are they'll agree to sell it to you for the cost at which the auction closed.
Good luck, good sniping, and good shopping.
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