 Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2014 7:54 am Post subject: |
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| I do have both the Main and Mirror offsets set to a default of 8 seconds... and in many thousands of transactions, no one has ever even commented on my having two highest bids placed in the same second.
Occasionally, I make the Mirror offset greater on a one off basis, that is when I have reason to believe there will be other snipers, and/or the auction price is already close to my maximum. |
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| Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2014 7:11 am Post subject: |
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| I personally use 8 on main & 6 on mirror. 6 is there to avoid appearance of "double bids" in ebay history, though this doesn't really matter. | |
| Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2014 6:23 am Post subject: How's to |
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| is that mean that you put both like 8 sec offset ? I mean did you put both the same offset or not ?? | |
| Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2010 11:35 am Post subject: |
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| There isn't really a definitive answer to your questions, opinion varies as to what the best combination is, that is why you are provided with the ability to vary the options. You can choose wht you feel works best for you.
The disadvantages of a later snipe are that you may loose the advantage of the bid increment rule if the price is raised just before you bid would have been placed. Personally I prefer a larger offset than the default of 6 seconds. The mirror and main dont 'cancel' each other as such, the one with the larger offset is most likely to succiessfully place a bid since it tries first. Once a bid is accepted by eBay it will no longer accept another for the same amount from the same user. |
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| Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2010 4:21 am Post subject: How to use the mirror and offset features |
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| How should you use the mirror/offset features?
Is there a way that gives an advantage? To get the closest snipe, should I set both a 3 secs? Can one cancel out the other? |
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