Your best ever Ebay Gazump / Snipe ?

[offline]

I once beat a guy on some books by 50 cents but I think
the one I just did, with 5 seconds to spare, is the best.
I was on dialup speeds too - not broadband

Cripes Ebay can be addictive!! :/

[hech54]

Ebay sucks recently. There is nothing good on there....either that or I bought everything....

I don't snipe much anymore....of course I don't snipe any less either........I just got sniped on an MPEG4 Handycam....what jerk...

[AlecWest]

I once beat a guy on some books by 50 cents but I think
the one I just did, with 5 seconds to spare, is the best.

Actually, that looks more like one-minute-two-seconds. Still, on dialup, that's doing pretty good.

[Craig Tucker]

5 seconds till the end of the auction not between bids

[AlecWest]

5 seconds till the end of the auction not between bids

ahhhh ... that's different.

[offline]

5 seconds till the end of the auction not between bids

umm.. thats what I did

[reboot]

5 seconds left. Sniped a Geforce Ti4400, new in box, for $50.01

[Craig Tucker]

5 seconds till the end of the auction not between bids

umm.. thats what I did

I know, I was pointing that out to alex

[housepig]

I usually don't start bidding until about 15 seconds left in the auction, I've had a few snipes down around the 2-second wire... and I've been on the recieving end of a 2-second burn....

[offline]

I know, I was pointing that out to alex rolleyes.gif

Opps...sorry Craig.

[MackemX]

my trick is to open a few windows and then bid in the last 10 secs. This way you can keep refreshing the price while having your submit button at the ready

If I really want something but don't want to put in a high price then I keep another window open. In there I will put my highest price with a few extra % or so. This comes in handy when someone beats your highest bid with their highest bid so I win

you can also check out the page views to see if anyone else is lurking about in the last few minutes

most people bid with £xx.01 to beat the £xx.00 bids but that's too obvious. I stick in something like £xx.13

I normally get what I want unless some muppet bids OTT and spoils all the fun

[waheed]

dont really use Ebay much now. Noticed some items go for higher price than what its really worth. ive even seen some used items go for a higher price than its original price brand new.

I remember trying to buy a set of speakers, (the Creative Megaworks 650D) when they first came out. Though the person selling them on ebay has several and brand new ones, they were bids at the region of £300, though creative were selling them at £260 and can be bought from stores at £200-£220.

[reboot]

ive even seen some used items go for a higher price than its original price brand new.

Case in point: Used hauppauge PVR-250 for $140 US plus shipping, on ebay.
Pricewatch, Compusa price, $140 free shipping, new.

[lumis]

my favorite thing to do is bid a few cents above the next incriment..

for example if an item was $1.00, and the next incriment was $1.50, i would bid $1.59.. so if the next bidder bid $1.50 my bid would be higher by 9 cents. :P

p.s. - nice looking camera, never heard of Conwa brand though.. is it aussie only or a rebadge?

[offline]

I think it's Chinese. No idea if it is any good or not. I'll post a review because if it is good, the price is a bargain.

It's only 3MP and uses cmos... so we shall see.

[CoffeeGuy]

Snipe ? Explain snipe.

[kenmasters83]

an svhs jvc hr-5911u deck for 34.99 with in the last minute..to me it was the best snipe ever.

[lordsmurf]

Snipe ? Explain snipe.

Precision shooting. As in outbidding somebody with a few secs to spare, and winning.