Auction Sniper 12+

I buy and sell a lot of music instruments and gear and tow friends recommended that I download snipes as a way of saving money when bidding on eBay items. I used to needlessly bid up items only to get out bid at the last minute or I would save a favorite item to bid on later but miss the bid altogether.

Auction sniper helps me plan and execute my bids by enabling me to confirm the item that I want, my max price, and time I want to place the bid. The more that I buy on eBay the more I need a tool like Auction sniper to help me stay organized and make a fair bid.

I have used them for several years know and am a huge fan. i have recently started using their Second chance bid capability that allows you to make extra bids at the last second —-even when you have met your maximum.

If you have ever lost a bid at the last second when you were at your max, you will realize that you were sniped and that you should definitely use this cool tool to go the extra-mile with a bid or two.

I trust their app with my credentials which they need to act on my behalf just like I trust eBay.

Of the massive number of apps that I use—-this is definitely in the top 5 in the ability to save me time and money on eBay.

I first used AS right at its infancy—where bid-based auctions were plentiful, seller’s & PP fees were cheap, and those that understood bidding were handsomely rewarded.
The auction site today is the antithesis of it’s original self. Stated-price (or BuyNow) formats appear to dominate the high-traffic categories and the speciality/rare items continue as they have.
It’s been well over a year since AS was updated and the most noticeable issue is its non-conformity with the mega-sized device generation, followed by the broken Bid Category feature (that cancels other auctions once one is won) that perhaps only a few use.
That being said, the app still works as confirmed this morning. It isn’t visually appealing and browsing auctions via its interface is on a YMMV basis, but it still does work and given the incredibly cheap fees it provides great value.
As a primarily free site I suspect this is more of a hobby to the developer than a commercial interest but I wanted to write this review to ensure he/she was aware that it still provides value to me at least.

This is a great app to snipe, the act of putting in a higher bid in the last few seconds in the hopes that no one can put in one later than your bid. It works for the very well.

It also lets you creat bid groups. This is a VERY powerful feature that groups all bids for items you want to bid on, but only win a fixed number. For example, buying an iPad, and there are 12 available. Here, you set the max bid on each item you are willing to bid, and then group them. Then say how many you want. Say two. Auction sniper will keep bidding at the last moment until you have won two, and then toss out the rest. Because you have not ever bid on the others, no fear of winning too many.

Lastly, Auction Sniper let's you set your maximum bid way in advance (plus a few bids over if close as an option) and then you look away. It helps YOU not spend more than you wanted because the item keeps getting bid up. You don't get sucked into a bidding war. It also tends to lower the price because there are no early on bidding wars by you upping the price.

I highly recommend this for all three reasons, but the last reason is my favorite.