I'm sure this is an 100% accurate statement but I'm wondering how it is that you knew what program they used?
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Kevin
Dale Perrys on ebay.. anyone ever win the auction lol
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I'm sure this is an 100% accurate statement but I'm wondering how it is that you knew what program they used?
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Kevin
And again, I'm sure this is completely accurate, why would someone exaggerate to support their point, but I'm wondering how you know the amount you saved over the years? Does your sniper program somehow let you know what your competition would have bid had you not sniped them?
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Kevin
Actually, the highest bid will always win it, again, it doesn't matter when it was placed.
Sniper programs are a convenience for sure, I use one. I don't really know how much money it has saved me, but it has saved me plenty of time, and of course, stops me from getting caught up in bidder emotion. I set my bids in the AM and see what I won that night. One thing is for sure, I never find an instance where I bid more that I wanted.
However, the answer to the OP's problem is quite simple, bid more, reliance on some program won't do a thing for him if he isn't loading high enough bids in.
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Kevin
i purchased 3 within the last year. got 2 for 130 something for a couple of friends, and one for myself with blueish turquise design that went for closer to 200 shipped. probably lost 15-20 auctions.
if you see something you like, you need to put in your max bid at the last second, and eventually you'll get one. i believe guys buy several everyday and turn them around for a profit. i got a guy in my pool hall who's always selling dp's. he claims to get them directly from dale, but they look and come wrapped just like the ones i've received from e-bay, i asked him how much he wanted once, and he said 500 so i chuckled and walked away. i rarely have see one go for over 200 on ebay, but i havent looked in a number of months.
if you see something you like, you need to put in your max bid at the last second, and eventually you'll get one. i believe guys buy several everyday and turn them around for a profit. i got a guy in my pool hall who's always selling dp's. he claims to get them directly from dale, but they look and come wrapped just like the ones i've received from e-bay, i asked him how much he wanted once, and he said 500 so i chuckled and walked away. i rarely have see one go for over 200 on ebay, but i havent looked in a number of months.
Sorry Kevin, wording could have been more clear. "same type" of program. There are multiple programs who do the same thing pretty much with entering bids for you. You could set the bid-o-matic to enter up to your max bid with however many seconds left until the item closed.
So lets say my max bid is $25 on an item and I want to enter my bid with the program 2 seconds left before the auction ended. The current price is $10 on the item. The only way I would lose the item is if someone would have the same type of program that enters bids automatically for them with a higher max set than my $25.
If someone has the program and their max $ they have entered in it is $20 (assuming no one else bidding has the same or similar program), then I would win the item for $21 or whatever the next minimum increment bid would be (assuming its $25 or less). So they pretty much made me get close to my max that I would spend on the item, but at the same time they or even I didn't have to worry about staying by the computer to bid and have to try to click their bid with second(s) remaining.
Sorry but that's just not true. If someone bids 30 they are beating your snipe regardless if they use a program or not. If they manually enter the bid with 1 day to go, their bid will beat your snipe. If they manually enter it with 5 seconds to go they will beat your snipe, 1 second to go, ditto. Snipe program or not, if they get a higher bid in the eBay system they will win. Highest bid entered always wins.
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Kevin
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That is exactly what I said, I just added "at the last minute" since we were referring to sniper programs and that's their intened purpose, either way, it's still the highest bid wins. Just with a sniper program I'm not proxy bidding the auction sky high.
Boy my wording is shtty today...I thought we were only talking about the sniping or bid-o-matic programs. Yes if someone enters a higher bid manually as well within the correct time period they will win the bid. I was referring to max bidding vs someone else with the same or similar program...even the human element (assuming they don't have a higher max set bid entered).
If I set the time at 5 seconds for my max bid at $25 they still technically have 4 more seconds to bid higher. Sorry Kevin, not very awake here.
To clarify, the human element is potentially taken out by these programs unless the human element bids higher than someone who has a program. If your max that you want to bid at the last second is $25, and my program max bid is $25 depending on when the bids are entered will determine who wins (barring no one else is bidding or has a higher max set). If I set my last bid 5 seconds before the auction closes and the current bid is $20, the human element can wait until that 5 second mark, see my bid, and then bid over. If I set my bid at 1 second, I ALWAYs win if my max bid is higher than anyone else human element or similar program.
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What I thought the thread was about was a guy asking why is can't win a Dale Perry cue on eBay and the answer to that is that he is not bidding enough money.
My point is that the snipe discussion just obfuscates the the issue of this guy learning what he wants. I use a snipe program, I figure it saves me time, not money and it sure doesn't make me more likely to win something.
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Kevin
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Get a clock with a second hand----figure out when the auction will close exactly using the clock...not the timer on the auction.
If the bid is $119 near the end of the auction and you want to win, In the last 30 seconds, put your bid in at $250 click on it to bid, then wait until there is 4 seconds left on your clock, not the Ebay clock...then put in you bid.
Just because you put in $250, you will not pay that unless the cue has lots of turquoise in it and lots of people want it.
If you want something, you need to only bid one time and make it extra high.
I put in a low bid early and just watch until the end. Then if I want something, I get it. Doesn't matter what other people are doing or using to win. Just bid high on your last bid with 4 seconds to go.
Bid high to win. During the auction there is no need to compete.
I guess we can agree to disagree on this. I believe it clearly makes you more likely to win (depending on the program) vs the human element... depending on when your max bid will be placed, as well as what your max bid is vs both the human element and someone else with the same or similar program.
The human element may "want to bid" up to $300 on something that is currently at $150, but unless they enter that as their max bid (not wanting to pump up the # early on), they are less likely to win then me if my program is set at $300 with 1 second to go. They have to manually enter that max that they want to bid instead of waiting until the last second.
If you paid more than 5-10 for a sniper then it's too much but I disagree about them not being useful. I think that they are hugely useful because you can set it and forget it.
Here's why. If you set your max bid without a sniper then anyone can come along at any time and bump it. But if you set it using a sniper and walk away then you don't know if you won until it's over. No need to get emotional or in a bidding war or trying to up the bid in the last seconds.
I have used sniping a lot in the past and it's kept my spend down and not allowed me to waste time tracking auctions I bid on.
As for Dale Perry cues if you find one you REALLY want then simply look over the average prices they are going for and snipe it for 50% more and you will probably get it for about 20% over the average.
Here's the last 2 weeks of completed auctions from Dale Perry:
http://www.ebay.com/csc/dpcustomcues/m.html?LH_Complete=1&_dmd=1&_ipg=50&_since=15&_sop=13&_rdc=1
If you want to buy a Dale Perry cue, take a look at what they go for, find what Dale has up presently and bid that much. It doesn't matter if you bid on a laptop or PC or Mac, left-handed right handed or if your wife or a computer program bids for you. Pump 10% above his comp sales in for a few of these and you will own one before you know it.
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Kevin
http://www.ebay.com/csc/dpcustomcues/m.html?LH_Complete=1&_dmd=1&_ipg=50&_since=15&_sop=13&_rdc=1
If you want to buy a Dale Perry cue, take a look at what they go for, find what Dale has up presently and bid that much. It doesn't matter if you bid on a laptop or PC or Mac, left-handed right handed or if your wife or a computer program bids for you. Pump 10% above his comp sales in for a few of these and you will own one before you know it.
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Kevin
Pleased to see that mine is on the lower end of that list!
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I have seen this in DP's too . I no longer own any, and that's one of the reasons. One I had hit pretty good tho.
I have seen this in DP's too . I no longer own any, and that's one of the reasons. One I had hit pretty good tho.
I was looking at these and thought they were pretty attractive sticks to use as maybe house cues but then I saw this picture
seriously, if you can't get the butt protector on straight for the picture selling it, I can only imagine how well the rest of the stick is actually put together.
seriously, if you can't get the butt protector on straight for the picture selling it, I can only imagine how well the rest of the stick is actually put together.
I saw this thread and it made me put in a stupid bid for the above stick-$145 i think- I got it- i dont want it either. its in the box-2 yrs from now ill sell it probably.
Don't get your point. I bought one with the stage IV shaft .
Looks and plays fantastic .
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I was looking at these and thought they were pretty attractive sticks to use as maybe house cues but then I saw this picture
seriously, if you can't get the butt protector on straight for the picture selling it, I can only imagine how well the rest of the stick is actually put together.
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I guess you can stick with your Cuetec then....
So a rubber bumper means the rest of the cue is no good?
LOL...I bet you test a radio in a car before you buy it too.
Good radio...good car.:rotflmao1: