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Hubird
PostPosted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 1:49 am    Post subject:

Sorry, I think the "group bid" feature of GIXEN was exactly what I was after.
mario
PostPosted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 10:11 pm    Post subject:

What do you mean by "together"?
Hubird
PostPosted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 9:45 pm    Post subject:

Is it possible or are there any plans to use sniping and eBays "bid assistant" together ?
Gibbo10
PostPosted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 1:34 pm    Post subject:

I used it all night on ebay.co.uk and didn't win a single auction. It is very good concept but not a substitute for sniping and all it does for snipers is drive up the prices. I switched to Gixen tonight and won 2 auctions for the same products.
mario
PostPosted: Wed May 30, 2007 2:47 am    Post subject:

Correct, I've seen auctionbytes report about this new feature. Apparently it's not available to everybody, but more importantly, your bid is not placed at the last moment, so it's not a substitute for sniping.
the3coopers
PostPosted: Wed May 30, 2007 2:38 am    Post subject: For Info :: New BID ASSISTANT on Ebay Australia

Read this announcement (X = t and VV = w) :

hXXp://VVVVVV2.ebay.com/aw/au/200705240914512.html


It went live today, and now in Watched Items (in My Ebay) there's a new button at the top named "Bid With Bid Assistant".

It seems that it's just like Gixen Grouping - but I am guessing how it actually handles the bidding. The announcement implies that it's immediately lodging a Proxy Bid for the user's maximum... then, if that loses then it lodges the same maximum on the next item, etc etc - until it wins one.

So, unlike Grouped Snipes, this thing automatically lodges a Maximum on EVERYTHING... which will definitely tend to push up prices. I can't see that snipers will use it, but newbies might try it. As a seller, I reckon that is great stuff :D

What is funny is that it "sort of" offers a service in competition to Snipers. But then when you think about it... it doesn't do that at all !!!!

John

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