[Zippy]

Originally Posted by Claymores

Goofbay - it's got a free sniper you just associate with your account

http://www.goofbay.com/

what about waiting until the last minute and bidding? Thats what I did today but somebody got in seconds later. I was damn annoyed.

anyways Ive just seen some perfect for me brand new trainers on ebay that are buy now. So I may not have to bid for trainers now.

but if I knew about bidding I could do some damage on that site.

[Claymores]

Originally Posted by Zippy

what about waiting until the last minute and bidding? Thats what I did today but somebody got in seconds later. I was damn annoyed.

anyways Ive just seen some perfect for me brand new trainers on ebay that are buy now. So I may not have to bid for trainers now.

but if I knew about bidding I could do some damage on that site.

If someone went in higher, that just means they sniped you because they were willing to pay more as a maximum than you.

You sound silly zipster. The other tactic is to have 2 accounts. Say, for example there is a pair of nice trainers that you realise will sell £40-£60 in 10 days on auction close - but they've opened @ 99p which attract lots of novices to watch (or to bid £5.55). That puts them on their "My eBay" and desiring to win.

Use one account to bid £25 early , then switch to the other to bid £28. That puts the price to £26 and few of the low scorers will pay any regard to that auction as they're excited of another auction which is sitting at £2.70 (nowhere near the end price). You've reduced the bidding pool!

[Zippy]

Originally Posted by Claymores

If someone went in higher, that just means they sniped you because they were willing to pay more as a maximum than you.

You sound silly zipster. The other tactic is to have 2 accounts. Say, for example there is a pair of nice trainers that you realise will sell £40-£60 in 10 days on auction close - but they've opened @ 99p which attract lots of novices to watch (or to bid £5.55). That puts them on their "My eBay" and desiring to win.

Use one account to bid £25 early , then switch to the other to bid £28. That puts the price to £26 and few of the low scorers will pay any regard to that auction as they're excited of another auction which is sitting at £2.70 (nowhere near the end price). You've reduced the bidding pool!

I can't be going through all that drama for a pair of trainers. I need some asap.

But I may use those sneaky tactics for other stuff.

are you allowed to have 2 accounts? don't they have strict rules about these cheeky tactics? I dont wanna go to prison and get raped.

[Claymores]

Originally Posted by Zippy

I can't be going through all that drama for a pair of trainers. I need some asap.

But I may use those sneaky tactics for other stuff.

are you allowed to have 2 accounts? don't they have strict rules about these cheeky tactics? I dont wanna go to prison and get raped.

You already get virtual raped here Zips!

Seriously - my above advice is good - particularly the Goofbay sniper. I got into it as was buying a lot of American Football tops from USA (my passion) and a lot ended 05.31 or so. I didn't want to be sitting with baited breath @ 05.30 waiting to put my last-second bid in!

2 accounts is no problem so long as you are not "shill-bidding". This means being a seller on one account and using the other as a 'buyer' to pump-up the price on an auction.

[Shasown]

Originally Posted by Zippy

I can't be going through all that drama for a pair of trainers. I need some asap.

But I may use those sneaky tactics for other stuff.

are you allowed to have 2 accounts? don't they have strict rules about these cheeky tactics? I dont wanna go to prison and get raped.

If you already have an account with ebay and want to sell go through the motions of validating bank accounts and addresses. If you dont mind waiting, do just that, wait and every now and again they send you free posting days and weekends etc.

You arent supposed to have multiple accounts but if you use a different email addy and bank account they will never know.

As for buying something quickly if your hearts set on something on ebay and it doesnt have similar available on buy it now, as Claymores said you are better off using a sniper/bidding program to get it. They increase your chances a lot.

Top tip though if you do get done for anything and need to appear in court always always always wear a soap on a rope under your clothes, you never know it could save your ass.

[Claymores]

Originally Posted by Shasown

If you already have an account with ebay and want to sell go through the motions of validating bank accounts and addresses. If you dont mind waiting, do just that, wait and every now and again they send you free posting days and weekends etc.

You arent supposed to have multiple accounts but if you use a different email addy and bank account they will never know.

As for buying something quickly if your hearts set on something on ebay and it doesnt have similar available on buy it now, as Claymores said you are better off using a sniper/bidding program to get it. They increase your chances a lot.

Top tip though if you do get done for anything and need to appear in court always always always wear a soap on a rope under your clothes, you never know it could save your ass.

LOL Shas!

As far as I know Tel (and been doing it for 10 years) having multiple accounts is not against the rules - both of mine are directly linked to my REAL PayPal account. I've never used them to shill bid to punt the price on one of my auctions. Logically if I bid as myself as a buyer, and against myself as the other bidder, it might be an Ian tactic, but only potentially costing myself more money.

When I need to shill or a friend does when acting as a seller, I get a friend to do it via a quiet email and vice-versa.

My mate had a rare bottle of whisky sitting @ £100 with 1 hour to go when it was worth at least £200. I just bid £290 for him. If I'd won, we'd just have forgotten about it, but my shill for him pushed it into a bidding frenzy between 2 genuine punters so it reached £460

[Shasown]

Originally Posted by Claymores

LOL Shas!

As far as I know Tel (and been doing it for 10 years) having multiple accounts is not against the rules - both of mine are directly linked to my REAL PayPal account. I've never used them to shill bid to punt the price on one of my auctions. Logically if I bid as myself as a buyer, and against myself as the other bidder, it might be an Ian tactic, but only potentially costing myself more money.

When I need to shill or a friend does when acting as a seller, I get a friend to do it via a quiet email and vice-versa.

My mate had a rare bottle of whisky sitting @ £100 with 1 hour to go when it was worth at least £200. I just bid £290 for him. If I'd won, we'd just have forgotten about it, but my shill for him pushed it into a bidding frenzy between 2 genuine punters so it reached £460

Yeah your right, its only if you default on one, whatever action they take against you applies to all accounts. So if they ban you on one account without realising you have more, you are supposed to respect the ban etc.

Happened to a mate of mine who sold (still sells) fake autographed prints on ebay.