Is ConsumerSniper faster than other sniping services?
By faster, you are probably asking whether we can get your bid in closer to the end of the auction than other sniping services.When we were setting up and testing ConsumerSniper, we were getting bids in place 1 second before the end of the auction. This really is very very serious "last-moment" bidding. We can do this. It is no problem.
We decided that this was really too close to the end of the auction. One small glitch - either in our system - or in eBay's - or in between the two and the bid could arrive one second after the auction which would mean that you could lose the auction.
We pulled back the bidding so that we lodge your bid for you a few second before the end of the auction so that it is entered with eBay just a few seconds before close of bidding.
Would you like your bid to get in with a narrower margin? We wouldn't recommend it. Face it, the point of sniping is to get your bid in so late that there isn't time for a human bidder to assess the situation, put in a new bid, confirm their new bid and to log it with eBay. We reckon that would take at least 15 seconds - and that's even if the human bidder is really on the ball and really fast.
If we get your bid in 3 or 4 seconds before the end of the auction, then the only bidders you are competing with are other sniping services.
With the eBay proxy bidding system, it doesn't matter which sniping service gets the bid in closer to the end.
All that matters is who is the highest bidder when the auction finishes.
No sniping system can out-snipe another sniping service - and they are not intended for that
We could get your bid in 1 second before the end of the auction but we prefer to play it a little safe. Our bids get in just a few seconds earlier than that - and far too late for any human bidder to react to.
We expect that other sniping services play it the same way.
So, is ConsumerSniper faster than other sniping services?
Probably about the same
But does it matter.