Bruce et al, I don't know why it could be set to where it would bid up until your limit in a time extended auction. This would require a little software maybe, but then I wouldn't have to sit here and wait until all the five minute increments have played out.
Kirby On Oct 21, 2012, at 8:35 PM, Bruce Hershenson wrote: > Evan, it wouldn't work on eMoviePoster.com, because all our auctions are > time-extended, as all auctions were prior to eBay. If your bid was placed > within the last five minutes, it would be counter-productive, for it would > extend the auction. > > > > On Sun, Oct 21, 2012 at 7:47 PM, Evan Zweifel <[email protected]> wrote: > Funny. I wonder how long a business can last without actually charging for > their services. > > From a technical stand point, it seems like the best solution would be to > have the individual auction houses support snipe bidding. So, when you bid > on eBay or emovieposter, you could just register your bid as "snipe", and it > would execute the bid with 0 seconds left. > > Of course, you would have to trust the auction house to execute your bid > fairly. But it seems like people already trust the snipe sites with their > user/passwords. > > Evan > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: JOHN REID Vintage Movie Memorabilia <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sun, 21 Oct 2012 11:34:16 -0000 (UTC) > Subject: Re: [MOPO] Sniping > > The reason I asked the question is that I recently started using Gavelsnipe > after paying another site for a number of years. Gavelsnipe has worked very > well for me and I now wonder how long the other sites will be able last if > they continue charging a fee for sniping. > > > > JOHN REID VINTAGE MOVIE MEMORABILIA > Website: www.moviemem.com > Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/moviemem > PO Box 92 > Elanora > Qld 4221 > Australia > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Sean Linkenback > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2012 3:38 PM > Subject: Re: [MOPO] Sniping > > > What exactly does the customer support do on the pay sites if your bid > doesn't go through? > Do they go ahead and buy the item for you anyways? > Or do they do the same thing the free sites do and say sorry about that, > we'll try to make sure it doesn't happen again? > > Gavelsnipe places bids from two different servers to help ensure 99.99% > placement success. > I have used them dozens and dozens of times on both ebay and Heritage > without fail. > Rich Halegua who runs a competing auction site gives similar testimony as > do many others. > > I can not speak of Gixen as i have never tried them, but why would why when > I have a completely free sniper that has never failed? > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: William Scott [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2012 12:31 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [MOPO] Sniping > > I have been burned in the past by free sniping websites. Their servers are > too unreliable and there's zero customer support. > > > Gavelsnipe and Gixen immediately come to mind. Their both free and they > both totally suck. > > > ~WS > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Richard C Evans <[email protected]> > To: MoPo-L <[email protected]> > Sent: Sat, Oct 20, 2012 10:52 pm > Subject: Re: [MOPO] Sniping > > > Use BidTamer, have paid but at the moment using the free version. > By paying fee snipe buffer can be reduced to 3 seconds, free version is > minimum of 10 seconds. > Also, with free version there's a limited number of snipes, think it's 3 a > week. > > > > > > > > > > > On 21 Oct 2012, at 03:39, JOHN REID Vintage Movie Memorabilia wrote: > > > Hi to you all > There are quite a few websites around that allow you to snipe on > auctions. Some charge a fee and some don't. I used to use one that charged > but have lately switched to another site that is totally free. Just wondering > if any of you use sites that charge a fee for sniping and, if so, do they > give you anything extra that the free sniping sites dont? > Regards > John > > JOHN REID VINTAGE MOVIE MEMORABILIA > Website: www.moviemem.com > Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/moviemem > PO Box 92 > Elanora > Qld 4221 > Australia > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > Send a message addressed to: [email protected] > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > > > > > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > Send a message addressed to: [email protected] > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > Send a message addressed to: [email protected] > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > Send a message addressed to: [email protected] > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > > Send a message addressed to: [email protected] > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > > Send a message addressed to: [email protected] > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > > > -- > Bruce Hershenson and the other 26 members of the eMoviePoster.com team > P.O. 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