Does anyone know the ebay bidder burntwire? I'd like to find out who he is. He seems to have a lot of money as he bought a ton of stuff lately......

Were you been Kosh! Everyone uses some sort of sniper software. Its convenient. If your out of town, tell the software to bid XXX amount in the last few seconds of the final day and voila it does it for you. You don't have to worry about finding a computer to log in to and bid. The software does it. Pretty unfair but not much you can do. However, the people who use the sniper software have to pay a few I think. I know some require a yearly fee.  I have no big issues with snipers as I've done it and have been sniped myself. However using the software gives them the edge.

Hey Kosh, go here:  ebay sniping software - Google Search  Many many different ones like auctionstealer and many more. Feel free and go take a look. I think many of the people use auctionstealer. I dunno but when I snipe I use good old page refreshing.

In general, I only place bids on ebay by sniping and there is a very simple reason why and it is not to try and snatch an item out from under someone:  I always make my bid based upon what I am willing to pay plus a little bit extra ($2-$10 depending upon the value of the item).  If it is not enough, oh well, wait until the item shows up again for auction. However, not everyone bids that way. A fair number of people just keep bidding by small increments until they have the high bid or they reach an amount that they are unwilling to spend. Such bidders can cost an early bidder a fair sum of cash with such methods but will have no impact on a sniper.  An example of this happened to me on a bid for a copy of the R3 module. I was unable to do the usual snipe because the auction was going to end when I would not have access to a computer.  I did my usual max plus 10% or so and left the rest to chance. I won the auction but someone bid me up 3 times in the last two minutes. If I had been able to snipe I would have saved myself about $15 - $20.  If everyone would just always bid the maximum amount they wish to spend I would be more than happy to never snipe again. It would save me the trouble of having to stay up late or re-arrange my schedule to be there to bid (I absolutely refuse to ever use sniper software).

Well I'm not the only person that searches for peoples bids. Lots of other collectors do the same so don't label me guys         Besides I'm not going to be bidding on much as I have a huge tolkien deal I am working on. Gotta save money up for that!

Got a link Nev so we can see what the website is? I still don't see why people complain about sniping. Just start sniping yourselves.........

An interesting idea but I think the price may go way out of hand. Aren't you a sniper Nev??

I don't know why this sniping topic is still going on. Noone is complaining about snipers. Nuff said.

     Resellers EH? Well that discussion may have to go on another topic! There is one I would like to thank and that is Mike Baldolato (bmike3 on ebay). I bought some fanzines just to check them out and he shipped them well and was very patient with payment. A big thanks to Mike.  Now then there are some other resellers I don't like but like I said, another topic.....