Re: [MOPO] Sniping

2012-10-22 Thread allen day
From: Sean Linkenback s...@platinumposters.com To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2012 10:45 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] Sniping Yes, we could add a sniping feature to our website and not pay them every month. But we have opted to go with more transparency.  This way you  know

Re: [MOPO] Sniping

2012-10-22 Thread Sean Linkenback
@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] Sniping Sniping is also about savingour customers time. Not everyone has the time (or desire) to sit in frontof a computer all night and fight back and forth in $2 or $5 increments. Sniping allows you to set a bid and have it executed at the end of the auctionwithout

Re: [MOPO] Sniping

2012-10-22 Thread allen day
If it hasn't been mentioned before ... Welcome to MOPO, Annie Good start. ad From: Annie Wallace an...@anniewallace.com To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Monday, October 22, 2012 9:34 AM Subject: Re: [MOPO] Sniping Sniping is also about saving our

Re: [MOPO] Sniping

2012-10-22 Thread Rodney Sims
on an item when I cannot keep instant track of how the bidding is progressing. Rodney Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2012 14:34:51 +0100 From: an...@anniewallace.com Subject: Re: [MOPO] Sniping To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sniping is also about saving our customers time. Not everyone has the time

Re: [MOPO] Sniping

2012-10-22 Thread Richard C Evans
Bid enough you still win the item. If the snipe isn't high enough there's no time for sniper to react and bid again. If you resent not having time to respond to a snipe bid, and want to bid more really you should have bid that amount in the first place. Other than convenience, like being able

Re: [MOPO] Sniping

2012-10-22 Thread filip de volder
that ?? filip Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2012 14:11:35 + From: s...@platinumposters.com Subject: Re: [MOPO] Sniping To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU I'm not sure I follow.If you bid the maximum amount you are willing to pay for an item, you will either lose that item to someone who is willing to pay more

Re: [MOPO] Sniping

2012-10-22 Thread Richard Halegua Posters + Comic Art
If Rich is wanting a much-sought-after Chandler item, there is no rule saying he has to sit by his computer all night watching it. He can enter his bid for it anytime he wants, either manually or by snipe. The only thing that matters is how much he is willing to pay for the item. sorry.. the

Re: [MOPO] Sniping

2012-10-21 Thread Sean Linkenback
would why when I have a completely free sniper that has never failed? -Original Message- From: William Scott [mailto:wscott19...@aol.co.uk] Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2012 12:31 AM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] Sniping I have been burned in the past by free sniping

Re: [MOPO] Sniping

2012-10-21 Thread JOHN REID Vintage Movie Memorabilia
MEMORABILIA Website: www.moviemem.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/moviemem PO Box 92 Elanora Qld 4221 Australia - Original Message - From: Sean Linkenback To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2012 3:38 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] Sniping What exactly

Re: [MOPO] Sniping

2012-10-21 Thread Posteropolis
. Dave - Original Message - From: JOHN REID Vintage Movie Memorabilia To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2012 7:34 AM Subject: Re: [MOPO] Sniping The reason I asked the question is that I recently started using Gavelsnipe after paying another site

Re: [MOPO] Sniping

2012-10-21 Thread Franc
[mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] On Behalf Of Posteropolis Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2012 8:47 AM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] Sniping I also recently started using Gavelsnipe and have been very satisified with it. Its only drawback as far as I can tell, and it's a minor one

Re: [MOPO] Sniping

2012-10-21 Thread Sean Linkenback
Subject: Re: [MOPO] Sniping I also recently started using Gavelsnipe and have been very satisified with it. Its only drawback as far as I can tell, and it's a minor one, is that you can only bid using a single ebay account, whereas eSnipe (the pay sniping service I also use) allows you to bid using

Re: [MOPO] Sniping

2012-10-21 Thread Richard Halegua Posters + Comic Art
@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU 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

Re: [MOPO] Sniping

2012-10-21 Thread Richard Halegua Posters + Comic Art
://www.movieposterexchange.com/buy.php?mode=poster_detailsauction_id=4211 -Original Message- From: Posteropolis [mailto:posteropo...@bell.net] Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2012 08:47 AM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] Sniping I also recently started using Gavelsnipe and have

Re: [MOPO] Sniping

2012-10-21 Thread Evan Zweifel
Memorabilia johnr...@moviemem.com To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Sun, 21 Oct 2012 11:34:16 - (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

Re: [MOPO] Sniping

2012-10-21 Thread Sean Linkenback
Gavelsnipe charges plenty for their services. We pay them every month so that it is free for our customers. -Original Message- From: Evan Zweifel [mailto:evanzwei...@comcast.net] Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2012 08:47 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] Sniping Funny

Re: [MOPO] Sniping

2012-10-21 Thread Bruce Hershenson
- From: JOHN REID Vintage Movie Memorabilia johnr...@moviemem.com To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Sun, 21 Oct 2012 11:34:16 - (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

Re: [MOPO] Sniping

2012-10-21 Thread Evan Zweifel
@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Mon, 22 Oct 2012 01:10:26 - (UTC) Subject: Re: [MOPO] Sniping Gavelsnipe charges plenty for their services. We pay them every month so that it is free for our customers. -Original Message- From: Evan Zweifel [mailto:evanzwei...@comcast.net] Sent: Sunday, October

Re: [MOPO] Sniping

2012-10-21 Thread Kirby McDaniel
/passwords. Evan - Original Message - From: JOHN REID Vintage Movie Memorabilia johnr...@moviemem.com To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Sun, 21 Oct 2012 11:34:16 - (UTC) Subject: Re: [MOPO] Sniping The reason I asked the question is that I recently started using Gavelsnipe

Re: [MOPO] Sniping

2012-10-21 Thread Sean Linkenback
-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] Sniping It seems like you could add that feature to your web site and not have to pay them every month.However, it seems like a bit of a conflict of interest. Basically, the argument for sniping is that the buyer will get a better price on the item

[MOPO] Sniping

2012-10-20 Thread JOHN REID Vintage Movie Memorabilia
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

Re: [MOPO] Sniping

2012-10-20 Thread Richard C Evans
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

Re: [MOPO] Sniping

2012-10-20 Thread Sean Linkenback
[mailto:johnr...@moviemem.com] Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2012 10:39 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: [MOPO] Sniping 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

Re: [MOPO] Sniping

2012-10-20 Thread William Scott
To: MoPo-L MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU 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

[MOPO] SNIPING !!!!!!!!!!!!

2006-06-11 Thread Michael B
i have asked, rhetorically,before: I DEFY ANYONE TO TELL ME A SINGLE ADVANTAGE IN BIDDING EARLY. the only time that i have seen it work is when a well known bidder meets a high reserve early (where it implies, rightly or wrongly, there's a lot moreavailable because this person REALLY wants

Re: [MOPO] SNIPING !!!!!!!!!!!!

2006-06-11 Thread JR
. That doesn't work as well as it used to now that some many people are sniping. -- JR - Original Message - From: Michael B [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2006 11:54 Subject: [MOPO] SNIPING i have asked, rhetorically, before: I DEFY

Re: [MOPO] SNIPING !!!!!!!!!!!!

2006-06-11 Thread Roland Lataille
Your right. Look at the bids on this 2001: a space odyssey postcard. If martinjurb had sniped, stranamore1964 would of put in a bid of 46.99 at 8:25:06 and would be the high bidder until martinjurb sniped and won for 47.99 instead of paying 97.99.

Re: [MOPO] SNIPING !!!!!!!!!!!!

2006-06-11 Thread Roland Lataille
and win by a smidgen more... or simply make you pay more than you would have otherwise. -- JR - Original Message - From: "Roland Lataille" To: Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2006 17:20 Subject: Re: [MOPO] SNIPING Your right. Look at the bids on this 2001: a space odyssey

[MOPO] Sniping question

2006-02-16 Thread AMAZCOLMAN
I know this topic has been brought up before, but anyone care to share thier favorite sniping programs with us? I know those who are successful with them may be hesitant to share, but any input would be appreciated. Thank You, Evan B. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com

Re: [MOPO] Sniping question

2006-02-16 Thread JOHN REID Vintage Movie Memorabilia
Box 92Palm BeachQld 4221Australia Website: www.moviemem.com - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 8:07 AM Subject: [MOPO] Sniping question I know this topic has been brought up before, but a

Re: [MOPO] Sniping question

2006-02-16 Thread Craig Miller
VINTAGE MOVIE MEMORABILIA PO Box 92 Palm Beach Qld 4221 Australia Website: www.moviemem.com - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 8:07 AM Subject: [MOPO] Sniping question I know this topic has been brought up

Re: [MOPO] SPAM-LOW: Re: [MOPO] SNIPING IS NOT INFALLIBLE

2005-10-26 Thread Bruce Hershenson
I am 99.999% certain it is impossible to bid against yourself on eBay, except in the exact completing the bid increment example cited by Claude, or if you use two different eBay IDs that you have. I am so sure of this that I will give a set of 26 books to the first person who can show me a bid

Re: [MOPO] SPAM-LOW: Re: [MOPO] SNIPING IS NOT INFALLIBLE

2005-10-26 Thread wofshevy
Bruce you jealous Ill be happy to let you take over anytime you like. It did use to be your position. Al - Original Message - From: Bruce Hershenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 10:32 am Subject: Re: [MOPO] SPAM-LOW: Re: [MOPO] SNIPING IS NOT INFALLIBLE I am

[MOPO] SNIPING IS NOT INFALLIBLE

2005-10-19 Thread Kirby McDaniel
Just a note to the members about sniping --- and I do this because I have posted here before that if you really want something, you should snipe to get it. Using a sniping service like e-snipe is often a good method, and I use it quite often, but it is not infallible. Last week I wanted an item

Re: [MOPO] SNIPING IS NOT INFALLIBLE

2005-10-19 Thread Henry Mazel
Kirby, I believe you can actually bid against yourself. I may be a bit foggy on this, but I once attempted to place both an Ebay bid and a snipe bid, and either esnipe or Ebay thought it was two different bidders, and as I recollect, I trumped myself. Henry The Poster Mint Visit the MoPo Mailing

Re: [MOPO] SNIPING IS NOT INFALLIBLE

2005-10-19 Thread Richard Halegua Comic Art
forget using that site folks I use a program called AuctionSentry it works perfectly except for when ebay does site change which affect all programs I use both version.. actually like the minor version better and it's cheap! with forever updates www.auctionsentry.com I couldnt recommend it

Re: [MOPO] SNIPING IS NOT INFALLIBLE

2005-10-19 Thread OneSheet
In a message dated 10/19/2005 11:56:44 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I should have backed up my sniping, in thisinstance, witha regular bid, because this was an important item for me. It wouldnot have costme anything - you can't bid against yourself - and I would

Re: [MOPO] sniping

2005-01-18 Thread Phil Edwards Cinema Arts
I used to do my own sniping years ago but now use a sniping program for two reasons - neither of which have to do with the guarantee of winning the item. Firstly, I'm too old and too over it to be bothered setting the clock for 3 a.m. to snipe it myself, and secondly I got sick of sellers