Gixen missed 11 snipes... first time ever

[rickeyfanatic]

Had a nice snipe bunch setup ready to go, and not a single one went through. Said something on Gixen about Ebay needing a verification text or something.. IDK... All I know is I missed a good deal on a bunch of cards that I would have been quite happy to aquire...

 

[MansGame]

That's not good. I'd be upset, so I know how it must feel. I wonder what the problem is...

 

[ChasHawk]

Free gixen or mirror service?

 

[rickeyfanatic]

Free gixen, I should have copied the explanation. This was the message below the snipe:COULD NOT BID: PHONE OR TEXT VERIFICATION REQUESTED BY EBAY

 

[rickeyfanatic]

http://www.gixen.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=23586#23586

It's discussed at length in this thread, just so if any of you use Gixen, be aware this could happen to you.. And it sucks!

 

[phillyfan0417]

I use esnipe even though its a pay site. I've never missed a snipe in the 5+ years i've used it...

 

[goobmcnasty]

I use esnipe even though its a pay site. I've never missed a snipe in the 5+ years i've used it...

Preach.

It costs about a penny per dollar it snipes for you. (An item that ends at $50.00 costs you about 50 cents) but it's worth it. Reliable.

 

[Erich]

I use esnipe even though its a pay site. I've never missed a snipe in the 5+ years i've used it...

Preach.

It costs about a penny per dollar it snipes for you. (An item that ends at $50.00 costs you about 50 cents) but it's worth it. Reliable.

I have used it for as long as I can remember and never had a problem.

 

[phillyfan0417]

I have used it for as long as I can remember and never had a problem.

the best part is sometimes i'll set a few days of snipes and it still makes them even if my balance is negative. Really nice service...

 

[ChasHawk]

I have gixen mirror, and it has never missed a snipe.

 

[OscarOne]

I use both--more Gixen now--but love em. Only ever missed a few snipes with esnipe...and they might have been my fault.

 

[Juan Gris]

Gixen has been nothing but clutch for me.

 

[smapdi]

I've had esnipe miss one bid in the years I've been using them. There was some sort of outage due to ebay changing their API without notice, IIRC. Sometimes the cost seems onerous at 1% of the bid, but I use it sparingly. And it's 1% of your winning bid, not the snipe amount, so if you bid $100 and win it for $50, you're debited 50 "points" instead of 100. And although they are a pay model where you buy points they aren't ballbusters. Like Phillyfan says, if you have a negative points balance they still place the bids. I'm not sure how far in the red they allow you to go, but I've never let myself get too far below.

 

[rickeyfanatic]

I may just have to check out Esnipe, because losing out on the batch I just did was pretty gut wrenching...

 

[phillyfan0417]

I may just have to check out Esnipe, because losing out on the batch I just did was pretty gut wrenching...

Its worth it if you are going after something you really want....