Ebay 'sniper' software.....

[swiperfox]

is it good? where can i get it?

Try auctionsniper . It's a website as opposed to s/w that you can buy, but does seem pretty reliable, and only works out a few pence per snipe.

try this one too

Isn't it just more fun having two windows opeb though?

I'm new to buying on ebay and it only took me a few goes to realise my approach, place a bid think whey hey this is going cheap I will hang around at the end only to be dibbed at the last second needed improving.

But as soon as i did I won a couple of items for much less than other people are regularly paying for them just by the two windows method and found it very satisfying...now I have to work out how to sell stuff successfully..which is much harder I think...

or this one 3 free snipes

i must admit, i dont use the software and use the 2 window method too, it helps having broadband too, i got 3 lovely next winter outfits for dd couple of days ago for just 1.20 using that method.

I prefer looking in two windows too but will use snipe if I am out and wont be around for auction end...

have never used sniper, i just put in my highest bid then leave it. if someone comes along with a sniper they still have to bid more than you to get it. its annoying when you think you have lost out by 20p, but they may have bid a fiver more than you and the 20p was just the next bid up.

whats the 2 window method?

I usually just keep refreshing the one page and bidding as fast as i can til the last second - great fun!!

open two windows and resize, have your highest bid in one (unconfirmed obviously) and keep watching in the other (refreshing) then bid as late as you dare with your prepared one

also bid an odd amount and even if you really want something take a judgement on making your highest bid higher than you actually want to pay (if the bids at the end are still apparently a long way off then you will still get it at a good price but the other bidders will be lulled into a sense of false security)

Also look at the comleted auctions to analyse the fellow bidders and you will see what it is likely to go for and who lost out the last few times and if you can be bothered look at their buying patterns.