eBayers — Auction Sniper will cost you your Winning Bid!
Tuesday, April 8th, 2008Attention All eBay Buyers
If any of you are using and relying on “AuctionSniper” to place your bids… Be forewarned it just might cost you your winning bids!
Several days ago I wanted to snipe a very “Rare/Hard to Find/EXPENSIVE” drill chuck made by Jacob Mfg. on an eBay auction.
I clicked the “SnipeitNow” button and got nothing… blank, so I went over to their website, “404’s” page or domain not found…. OK; I had time, so the next day I tried it again and this time the snipe and the site came up — Fine I’m in…
For 6 days I watch and adjusted my snipe so I KNEW I would win that drill chuck. It was at $51.00 with only 56 minutes left and my Sniped Bid was set for $76.98…. I GOT IT FOR SURE!!
The auction closed and I lost the auction by 11 BUCKS! BUT! Not over my bid BUT BELOW MY BID! It went for $66.00
AuctionSniper never even placed that snipe/bid!
After days of searching I’ve found a few at retail suppliers; The Price? Over $200 to as high as $389.00
What did AuctionSniper do about it “NOTHING!”… oh, but they did give me two free “WORTHLESS” snipes….. YEAH RIGHT!!! Like I’m ever going to use their worthless service again.
Moral of the story is NEVER use this service “IF” you really want to win the auction item, use eBay’s Auction Bidding Assistant.
