Auction Sniper Failed - Aaaarrrrgh

[paultp]

Some guy put a whole batch of records up about a week ago starting at 0.99c, one of them got caught in a search I had set up. I put snipes on them all and checked today. A couple had gone above what I'd bid and I won a couple for not much but about 5 snipes failed.

 

I don't know if anyone else gets a feeling at the back of their neck that for no reason I can explain I am sure this seller's VG will turn out to be Ex. Can't tell you how annoyed I am. Auctionsniper cannot explain but have said I can have some free snipes (big deal!)

 

Here's a couple I had bid more for that failed:

 

This was to replace my battered copy:

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/15A-VG-northern-soul-Soul-Blenders-Vanessa-103-/261565880267

 

This was to replace the ones I keep selling:

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/261565880187

 

I just know they will be in decent nick, so frustrating.

[KevH]

If it helps Paul,i put a search in for Soul Blenders in the last few days and it didn't even show.!! I could do with one at that price as well.

[Pete S]

Best of the lot is Gixen - totally free and has never, ever let me down

[paultp]

If it helps Paul,i put a search in for Soul Blenders in the last few days and it didn't even show.!! I could do with one at that price as well.

That actually makes it worse! 

[MrsWoodsrules]

I use a thir party software one for the Mac, never let's me down.

Important to note, some times when actions ending in middle of the night cos they are in the US, then make sure sleep or power saver mode are not active, because obviously it could take a few seconds to wake up the computer & by then too late.

On a side note, if it's decent software, then you should have a log that will give you the script history & you can see where & why your bid failed.

[paultp]

Best of the lot is Gixen - totally free and has never, ever let me down

 

Cheers Pete, I'll have a look at it.

 

It adds to the frustration that the ones that went through OK were for things that were just making the postage etc worthwhile.

 

aah well.

[paultp]

I use a thir party software one for the Mac, never let's me down.

Important to note, some times when actions ending in middle of the night cos they are in the US, then make sure sleep or power saver mode are not active, because obviously it could take a few seconds to wake up the computer & by then too late.

On a side note, if it's decent software, then you should have a log that will give you the script history & you can see where & why your bid failed.

Auction sniper runs on their own servers, I just put the items and max bids in. They charge next to nothing but make their money through using ebay partner links I think. According to auctionsniper, Ebay actually blocked the bids which is a bit worrying.

[Jordirip]

Best of the lot is Gixen - totally free and has never, ever let me down

 

Totally agree Pete. Although last night I had a snipe ready to go on a want record and when i woke up this morning the snipe hadn't gone off. It turned out that Ebay in their wisdom had decided someone was trying to hack my account so put a block on my account which meant that Gixen couldn't snipe. I would have won the bloody thing as well!! I wasn't happy as it hardly ever comes up for sale. Where's the red angry smiley?

[Jordirip]

, Ebay actually blocked the bids which is a bit worrying.

 

Yes, that's what happened to me last night. I wonder  if there was a mass attack on accounts last night. Anyone else have their account blocked?

[St Pauli soul]

Hi, my Powersnipe account just doesn't work at all now and their service is not interested in replying to any of the e-mails that I have sent! I have read in diverse blogs that this is quite normal for this company - avoid Powersnipe!

 

Dave....

[John Elias]

that was bloody cheap too,weird things happening on evil bay lately,may try the alternative site (s)

[Docfish]

Yes, that's what happened to me last night. I wonder  if there was a mass attack on accounts last night. Anyone else have their account blocked?

Yes, my account was blocked as well and my sniper let me down for the same reason. Weird!

[Dobber]

ive never used a sniper,what is the point of it?

[paultp]

ive never used a sniper,what is the point of it?

 

I use one as I don't want to get into a bidding war with anyone, I also have a theory that some people are attracted to records with bids on them, I also delude myself that nobody else will see the things I've seen so I don't want to attract attention to them (sometimes that is true).

 

It's mainly that I don't want to show my hand until the last minute, I might be over complicating things but I get some decent records at good prices using snipes.

 

i've been using automatic sniping since the late 90's and the best example of why using them is good was a copy of Deep Dark Secret for about 30 quid round about then. Someone the following weekend was complaining that they had bid and then stayed up until 2.30 in the morning to make sure that if anyone else bid they could bid again, they then watched themselves get outbid and the auction finish before they could react. I was asleep at the time, a machine bid for me and I didn't get caught up or carried away by auction fever.

 

People are more savvy now so loads of people use them and if they bid higher than you, then you still lose. Most of the auction action takes place in the last 20 seconds these days. Sometimes you win most times I don't because I'm tight.

[Mrtag]

Had the same problem myself lately and it's always the ones you want that comeback SNIPE FAILED with no reason!   

[Dobber]

i honestly thought it guarenteed a win,but you may end up paying more than you wanted,and i also thought that is why some records have ended on a lot more money than its actually worth.

if i really want to win a record (and i never lose a bid),i simply bid this amount on every record within the last 10 secs '10000000000' its risky i know,but surprisingly ive never paid much more than i intended,so i suppose the point of a sniper is for those times i cant get to a pc on time.

Edited August 25, 2014 by dobber

[Quinvy]

What upsets me more is, why are there loads of things going through eBay that I never see? Looks like I need to alter my search criteria as I seem to miss loads of good stuff.

[Dobber]

What upsets me more is, why are there loads of things going through eBay that I never see? Looks like I need to alter my search criteria as I seem to miss loads of good stuff.

ive noticed if you type in 'soul' on ebay.com it brings up more than typing in both'northern soul'

[Amsterdam Russ]

I use goofbid, which is a free sniper service.

 

https://www.goofbid.com

 

It also appears to have tied up with ebay in some way recently as I'm now getting an indication in my ebay invoices of how much I've "saved" relative to my highest snipe bid.

[Pete S]

i honestly thought it guarenteed a win,but you may end up paying more than you wanted,and i also thought that is why some records have ended on a lot more money than its actually worth.

if i really want to win a record (and i never lose a bid),i simply bid this amount on every record within the last 10 secs '10000000000' its risky i know,but surprisingly ive never paid much more than i intended,so i suppose the point of a sniper is for those times i cant get to a pc on time.

 

Thats exactly it's purpose - you make up your mind how high you want to go, place the snipe, then forget about it, in 7 days time you are often pleasantly surprised

[Quinvy]

ive noticed if you type in 'soul' on ebay.com it brings up more than typing in both'northern soul'

 

That's what I have in my search, but I still keep missing good stuff.

[MrsWoodsrules]

ive never used a sniper,what is the point of it?

 

Well to that question, I'd say, whats the point of bidding on any auction item & showing your hand until the business end is actually happening?

If a Ming Dynasty vase was up for grabs @ Christies, then you wouldn't bid two days before the auction has really started…same principle applies here I'd say.

[Realpeoplesmusic]

I sniped on the same record but it failed...how very odd!

[Jkpnefc]

Some guy put a whole batch of records up about a week ago starting at 0.99c, one of them got caught in a search I had set up. I put snipes on them all and checked today. A couple had gone above what I'd bid and I won a couple for not much but about 5 snipes failed.

 

I don't know if anyone else gets a feeling at the back of their neck that for no reason I can explain I am sure this seller's VG will turn out to be Ex. Can't tell you how annoyed I am. Auctionsniper cannot explain but have said I can have some free snipes (big deal!)

 

Here's a couple I had bid more for that failed:

 

This was to replace my battered copy:

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/15A-VG-northern-soul-Soul-Blenders-Vanessa-103-/261565880267

 

This was to replace the ones I keep selling:

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/261565880187

 

I just know they will be in decent nick, so frustrating.

Will let you know Paul

I won it and wasn't expecting to just left a bid on it about 3 hrs before

always getting sniped so makes a change!

John

[pikeys dog]

I think there is a way for sellers to block bids from proxy snipers - i've had it happen to me on a few occasions.

 

Sellers down like snipe software because it stops inflated prices due to "just anonther bid" syndrome.

[Pete Eccles]

Totally agree Pete. Although last night I had a snipe ready to go on a want record and when i woke up this morning the snipe hadn't gone off. It turned out that Ebay in their wisdom had decided someone was trying to hack my account so put a block on my account which meant that Gixen couldn't snipe. I would have won the bloody thing as well!! I wasn't happy as it hardly ever comes up for sale. Where's the red angry smiley?

 

How do you know you would've won it? Is there a way of telling what the winning bidders max bid was?

[Jordirip]

Thats exactly it's purpose - you make up your mind how high you want to go, place the snipe, then forget about it, in 7 days time you are often pleasantly surprised

 

Also, you can adjust your bid amount lower or higher nearly all the way up to the end without you having commited yourself to a high bid where you start to shit yourself and hope you don't win it, or think b*llocks I haven't bid quite high enough but nobody else has bid yet so if I bid again I'll be bidding against myself and won't get the bargain I'm hoping to get....damn it!! Sniping does away with all that mental trauma.

Edited February 7, 2015 by pikeys dog
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[Jordirip]

How do you know you would've won it? Is there a way of telling what the winning bidders max bid was?

 

You're right, I wouldn't have known that, he might have had a million quid as his max. What I meant was, my max was quite a bit higher than the end result, so at the very least it would have pushed someone else's max bid a lot higher.

[Soulboyrecords]

Auction sniper works a treat for me. Never let me

down. I've won many a cracker at a decent price

[Orotava]

Another vote for Gixen - never let me down yet.

[paultp]

if i really want to win a record (and i never lose a bid),i simply bid this amount on every record within the last 10 secs '10000000000' its risky i know,but surprisingly ive never paid much more than i intended,so i suppose the point of a sniper is for those times i cant get to a pc on time.

That strategy will work brilliantly until you come across someone else with the same strategy that wants the same record.

 

[Raremusicdirect]

I use esnipe, worked fine for over 10 years, never let me down............

 

https://www.esnipe.com/

[Nathan]

Hate getting sniped at auctions. Obnoxious and annoying!

[paultp]

Auction sniper works a treat for me. Never let me

down. I've won many a cracker at a decent price

 

 

Another vote for Gixen - never let me down yet.

 

 

I use esnipe, worked fine for over 10 years, never let me down............

 

https://www.esnipe.com/

 

I've used two of the three and they never let me down before either, it was the fact that auction sniper (which had always been 100% reliable) had failed that made me post this up.

[paultp]

Hate getting sniped at auctions. Obnoxious and annoying!

 

Bid more

[Guest newone]

as we all had to change our e bay password, have you informed your sniper company of the new password, I use goofbid and they informed me to change it on their site, maybe the failed ones have not done this, just a thought

[Cover-up]

Some sellers state they won't ship international and block bidders from outside the US.

 

If it's any consolation, I don't think you would have been pleasantly surprised by the sellers VG, sounds pretty cruddy to me:

 

 

VG VERY GOOD A USED, REASONABLE COPY. THERE COULD BE A DRILL HOLE IN THE LABEL , WRITING ON THE LABEL OR SOME WARP, CHIPS ON OUTER EDGE. THERE WILL BE OBVIOUS SIGNS OF WEAR AND THE POSSIBILITY OF SURFACE NOISE BETWEEN TRACKS OR DURING QUIET PASSAGES. / COVERS OR PICTURE SLEEVES WILL HAVE WEAR ON EDGES AND CORNERS AND WILL HAVE SPLIT SEAMS PLUS A DRILL HOLE AND OR WRITING ON COVER

[kevinsoulman]

 

Some sellers state they won't ship international and block bidders from outside the US.

 

If it's any consolation, I don't think you would have been pleasantly surprised by the sellers VG, sounds pretty cruddy to me:

 

 

VG VERY GOOD A USED, REASONABLE COPY. THERE COULD BE A DRILL HOLE IN THE LABEL , WRITING ON THE LABEL OR SOME WARP, CHIPS ON OUTER EDGE. THERE WILL BE OBVIOUS SIGNS OF WEAR AND THE POSSIBILITY OF SURFACE NOISE BETWEEN TRACKS OR DURING QUIET PASSAGES. / COVERS OR PICTURE SLEEVES WILL HAVE WEAR ON EDGES AND CORNERS AND WILL HAVE SPLIT SEAMS PLUS A DRILL HOLE AND OR WRITING ON COVER

 

i've bought numerous records from this seller and he is usually spot on 

kev

[paultp]

i've bought numerous records from this seller and he is usually spot on 

kev

That's what I thought, he's been very specific about his grading and the description and there are still some really honest sellers,on eBay US. I'd have happily had his VG records :-)

[paultp]

as we all had to change our e bay password, have you informed your sniper company of the new password, I use goofbid and they informed me to change it on their site, maybe the failed ones have not done this, just a thought

Nothing to do with passwords, about 10 snipes, all with the same seller, half worked, half didn't. Some I got outbid on, I won a couple but a couple of the ones that failed I'd really liked to have got at the prices they finished at.

 

i actually think it was multiple snipes at pretty much the same time on the same seller's items that might have been the problem. Can only speculate though.

[Nathan]

 

Bid more

 

If it were just a matter of "bidding more", you wouldn't all be singing up to use snipers, would you?