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@dallas_grant wrote:

So how do I report someone who was obviously using a sniping app/program?

 

I was bidding on something, went down to the last few minutes, I was the highest bidder then with literally 1 second to go the bids jump to just over my highest, so unless this "person" ( I don't consider them people) has impeccable timing, I call bulls**t.

 

When ever I bid on stuff as soon as someone goes over my highest bid I get a notice, this never happened, so the only conclusion is them sniping, and any responses I see saying otherwise will be ignored.

 

So ebay, why do you let scum like this use your service, they should be banned for life for being scummy little a**holes who can't  be content with being like the rest of us and instead make me and others want to do bodily harm to them.

 

So fix this, it isn't fair on people, I know you don't care, you get your money either way, but come one, you letting "people" do this is why so many people are leaving ebay, or not using the bidding system.

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I agree, it sounds like a sniping program.

I used to get a bit frustrated too when i would wait for an auction to finish, then put in a bid in the last 20 seconds, only to be outbid literally on the last second.

Anyone bidding manually would be hard pressed to time it that closely.

I know people say-put in your highest bid, but sometimes you do feel if it is just a matter of 50c you would have been willing to go up a dollar or so more.

But it is all perfectly legal etc. It's a bit weird I must admit as if everyone used it we'd see no bids for 7 days then all of them trying to be placed in the last second.

My best advice is to do what I do. I joined a sniping program where the first 3 snipes are free before you have to join. I have used two. One won, one didn't. A person will only win with a sniping bid if their bid is higher.

It's good though as you don't have to be home sitting on your computer at an inconvenient time.

Most items seem to be moving to buy it now anyway but for auctions, my best advice would be

-join a sniping program

or

-put in your absolutely best bid in the hour before it ends. On no account days before. In the last hour or so.