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the3coopers
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 Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 2:38 am Post subject: For Info :: New BID ASSISTANT on Ebay Australia |
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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 
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 !!!!
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mario
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| Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 2:47 am Post subject: |
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| 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. |
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Gibbo10
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| Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 1:34 pm Post subject: |
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| 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. |
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Hubird
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| Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 9:45 pm Post subject: |
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| Is it possible or are there any plans to use sniping and eBays "bid assistant" together ? |
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Gixen
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| Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 9:45 pm Post subject: |
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mario
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| Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 10:11 pm Post subject: |
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| What do you mean by "together"? |
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Hubird
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| Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 1:49 am Post subject: |
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| Sorry, I think the "group bid" feature of GIXEN was exactly what I was after. |
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