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Botz on eBay
« on: Wed, 18 October 2017, 17:47:18 »
So we're all aware of Auction sniping but what do you know about Botz buying up BIN's as soon as their posted? It happened to me as the seller and I actually made out because of it lol.

How many of you are BIN Boting?? :D

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Re: Botz on eBay
« Reply #1 on: Wed, 18 October 2017, 18:04:14 »
So we're all aware of Auction sniping but what do you know about Botz buying up BIN's as soon as their posted? It happened to me as the seller and I actually made out because of it lol.

How many of you are BIN Boting?? :D

How do you know the purchaser was botting?
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Re: Botz on eBay
« Reply #2 on: Wed, 18 October 2017, 18:09:03 »
So we're all aware of Auction sniping but what do you know about Botz buying up BIN's as soon as their posted? It happened to me as the seller and I actually made out because of it lol.

How many of you are BIN Boting?? :D

How do you know the purchaser was botting?

Well I don't know FOR SURE, but literally the second I posted it, it sold. Like I clicked "Submit" and it was sold and Paypal payment received IMMEDIATELY within maybe 1.5-1.7 seconds, to the speed that it was just about humanly impossible how fast it happened.


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Re: Botz on eBay
« Reply #4 on: Wed, 18 October 2017, 18:30:31 »
Karma for botting in Diabr0

No I was the seller, it was actually good for me lol...it was a beat up phone..

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Re: Botz on eBay
« Reply #5 on: Wed, 18 October 2017, 18:40:15 »
I used to use this trick to sell ****ty SNES and Genesis games on eBay. I'd make a listing for something like Wheel Of Fortune and put *NOT EARTHBOUND* in the title, then write stuff like "This auction DOES NOT include Hagane, Earthbound, Chrono Trigger" etc
Make sure it's set to no returns, and set the BIN at like $60 and just wait for a bot to snipe it.

I did get a PM from one unhappy reseller that simply said, "**** you dude"

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Re: Botz on eBay
« Reply #6 on: Wed, 18 October 2017, 18:46:42 »
This is pretty amazing. Technologically easy but "Who would have thunk it?" is my reaction.

Buy-It-Now is certainly my preferred scenario both as a buyer and as a seller, and this makes it happen for both parties.

As a seller, I want to make what I can, realistically, and I want the sale to happen as quickly as possible so I get my money soon.

As a buyer, I want what I want, at a "fair" price, and I want it quickly without tension or interference.
 
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Re: Botz on eBay
« Reply #7 on: Wed, 18 October 2017, 18:47:35 »
I used to use this trick to sell ****ty SNES and Genesis games on eBay. I'd make a listing for something like Wheel Of Fortune and put *NOT EARTHBOUND* in the title, then write stuff like "This auction DOES NOT include Hagane, Earthbound, Chrono Trigger" etc
Make sure it's set to no returns, and set the BIN at like $60 and just wait for a bot to snipe it.

I did get a PM from one unhappy reseller that simply said, "**** you dude"

Hope you didn't put a return address on there..

You could've got murdered..

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Re: Botz on eBay
« Reply #8 on: Wed, 18 October 2017, 20:13:03 »
Everyone is so quick to pull the trigger, jokes on them if they don't read the description!

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Re: Botz on eBay
« Reply #9 on: Wed, 18 October 2017, 20:27:20 »
I used to use this trick to sell ****ty SNES and Genesis games on eBay. I'd make a listing for something like Wheel Of Fortune and put *NOT EARTHBOUND* in the title, then write stuff like "This auction DOES NOT include Hagane, Earthbound, Chrono Trigger" etc
Make sure it's set to no returns, and set the BIN at like $60 and just wait for a bot to snipe it.

I did get a PM from one unhappy reseller that simply said, "**** you dude"

if i had K3s i'd love to make $200 postings with titles like "K3 skull cap *not Clack Factory*"

can someone pm me if their clacks get bot sniped