I need a bidding software for MAC

Post by **AYKBOBCAT** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 12:55 pm

ANy mac users here? I am sick of getting up at night to bid. What would be a good simple free software to bet for me?

Thanks for any help...

Post by **RC10Talk** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 1:47 pm

bid on like eBay? You can just do a proxy bid. Thats what I do.

Post by **AYKBOBCAT** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 1:52 pm

Hein? What is that? I may sound stupid but I never eared that before...

Post by **RC10Talk** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 1:55 pm

say the current bid is at $2.00 enter in the maximum you are willing to pay, say $10.00. If somebody comes along and bids on it, eBay will bid for you automatically up until it hits your max amount.

Only draw back is if multiple people do this, it gets up there in price. But no more than what you had entered.

Post by **AYKBOBCAT** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 2:03 pm

Ok yeah I understand what you mean and this is the most honnest way of doing it but sometimes you have no other choices but to bid at the end. Otherwise some #$%%?$% people start bidding a week before and get crazy untill they outbid you. They rarely win and the end result is that the item is overpriced...

Post by **badhoopty** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 2:13 pm

use auctionsniper, its a online service that you dont need to dl any kind of application for. you gotta pay to use it, but its pretty dang cool, shodog and a couple other guys referred me to it awhile back. it's super nice for those times when you wont be around to bid when an auction gets close to ending. (and we all know thats how it's done nowadays...)

i use macs too, and i TRIED a sniping application (silent sniper) and had NOTHING but errors with it. lemme tell ya, it really really sucks to fiind out that you could have won an auction on something you really really wanted but the program you were using or your network borked and the bids didnt get placed...

Post by **shodog** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 2:31 pm

Hoopty is right, auctionsniper.com is the way to go, you enter your bid and it will automatically place it for you just seconds before the auction closes. If you dio sign up, make sure you mention Hoopty's e-mail addy so that he can get some freebie snipes

Post by **AYKBOBCAT** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 2:33 pm

Sure I'll do it. Is it safe though? I have to give them my ebay password... I feel weird about that.

Post by **shodog** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 2:37 pm

AYKBOBCAT wrote:Sure I'll do it. Is it safe though? I have to give them my ebay password... I feel weird about that.

I have never had an issue with them and I have been using them for a few years

Jim

Post by **AYKBOBCAT** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 4:26 pm

Hoopty give me your email or ebay nickname. I am about to try the sniper thing... I want to be in my bed in the next 10 minutes... I hope you are still online...

Post by **AYKBOBCAT** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 4:38 pm

I am sorry Hoopty. I wanted to give you the free snipes to thank you but I can't get your email or nickname anywhere... Tried to fid you on ebay but I gess you are not selling right now? I'll try badhoopty anyway

Post by **shodog** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 4:43 pm

It's badhoopty on ebay also. He bought my RPM gear cover http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280067589711

Post by **AYKBOBCAT** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 4:54 pm

Thanks Shodog

Thant is what I have put down. We'll see if it works...

Post by **AYKBOBCAT** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 5:10 pm

Well it worked!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=011&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=320070959001&rd=1&rd=1

I just found it'S the cover for the hydra drive thing... Does it fit with a regular spur gear?

Post by **badhoopty** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 5:58 pm

AYKBOBCAT wrote:Well it worked!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=011&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=320070959001&rd=1&rd=1

I just found it'S the cover for the hydra drive thing... Does it fit with a regular spur gear?

it'l fit, but the hydra cover looks way preggo compared to the non-hydra.

shodog has another regular rpm cover on ebay.

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