On Mon, 6 Sep 2004 12:11:20 -0700 Mike Chandler <mailmanmike@sbcglobal.net> wrote: <snip> > Thanks Jacob, > The confusion was all on my part... but ain't jbidwatcher an awesome > program? If you want something on ebay, but have a definite maximum > price you're willing to pay -which is realistic of the actual value- > and don't mind losing to someone who wants to pay too much, just don't > bid at all... let the newbies mistakenly bid it up. Use snipe to > enter your max price. You will win it, or someone else will pay too > much... at least that's how I like to look at it :) > Of course if you REALLY gotta have it and money is no issue at all > (not me), just snipe a crazy high amount and you're almost guaranteed. I've never actually used jbidwatcher, just a couple of other java programs unrelated to ebay. For ebay I've been using 'bidwatcher' (similar name, unrelated project from what I can see). It works well, but it's not quite as fancy as jbidwatcher, so I may have to play around with jbidwatcher now. :-) I definitely like sniping my bids though. Otherwise it's pretty much impossible to find any kind of bargains on ebay these days (or at least in the computer sections where I spend most of my time). Jacob -- GnuPG Key: 1024D/16377135 Random .signature #38: Windows NT -- it'll drive you buggy!
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