Larry - here's an interesting link that will help a bit on understanding
what's going on. A Google search on "sniper software" will offer you
several software options to explore and experiment with. David [an
anti-sniper guy]
http://members.ebay.com/ws2/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPage&userid=supersniper
At 09:41 AM 2/25/2004 -0800, Larry Miller wrote:
>There must be an automated way of bidding on EBay auctions. The bidding at
>the end of the auction happens too fast to be done manually. I've hit the
>enter key with 1 second left, had my bid accepted, and was still outbid. I
>don't see how they could figure out my maximum bid in order to know what to
>bid and do it in less than 1 second.
>
>I have also watched on stuff that I'm selling and every time there is a last
>second bid it is followed immediately by a request for an invoice. It all
>seems to happen just as the remaining time goes to zero.
>
>Anybody know what software these people are using?
>
>Larry
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