Puts a 'snipe this item' link on the eBay item page which is cool but when you click on the link it opens up a new browser window instead of a small dialog box in which to enter the bid criteria.

This was my first script and it worked great right off the bat. It adds a link on every eBay auction to just click through and place a deferred bid using Gixen for the security, order placement, and back-up bidding.

In case you are not familiar with eBay bidding. Winning or losing an auction is purely a matter of bidding the higher price. Sniping is nothing more than delayed order placement. You can adjust your bid up or down after placing, and no one can see it.

To win with a snipe you bid your maximum once, very late in the auction. eBay always uses a proxy bidding system, in which you specify your maximum bid value. It is very rare that you will actually have to pay your highest bid. You will usually either win the item for considerably less money than you planed, or else will lose the auction to a higher bidder.

Sniping is scheduling your bid to be sent later to eBay, nothing more. Autosnipe gives you access within ebay. Bidding early in an auction simply telegraphs your intent and attracts others to bid against you. By bidding late you do not leave enough time for anyone to react. Sniping makes use of their inability to strike back.

When you place a bid, enter the maximum amount you're willing to pay for the item and bid it, ONCE! The first highest bid always wins, at just above the first losers price. It is the unexpected aspect of sniper fire that gives it power.

You just log into your eBay account through autosnipe, and the online interface, and schedule your delayed bids.

Taking one shot, making one bid, embodies snipers tactics and philosophy, of efficiency and stealth. Successful snipers take their time in analyzing and sniping individual items in a methodical fashion with a relatively low risk of putting the price up on themselves. You should know the value of the item, and bid a bit more.

eBay has all sorts of powerful search features that let you find price histories and interest levels. Be sure to use "search titles and descriptions" rather than titles only. Remember that only "completed items" represent the final prices. Auctions in progress will usually have much lower than final bids, and cannot be used to determine value.

It is an established sniper technique to use two teams approaching simultaneously from different directions. Gixen’s Mirror, uses two servers, with two databases firing from different locations, eliminating your chances of missing your bid because of network glitches, or computer malfunctions.

My winning technique is to look at things that I want (Coup d'oeil), until I have made up my mind the most that I will pay. Then I place my delayed offer, and forget about it, until I get an alert. I need the first loser to bid the lowest price they think can win, without thinking of outbidding me.

With this strategy, there are only two possible outcomes: You will either be overjoyed at winning, or laughing yourself silly over someone paying too much for the item. This strategy is also utterly and totally immune to shilling, sniping, and other price building or item grabbing ploys. Your defense against being sniped, is to bid your max once, close to the end of the auction.

Autosnipe - a free script to access Gixen from ebay
Gixen - A free program to place auction bids
Gixen Mirror - One interface controlling two separate servers and databases to execute deferred just in case, back-up bids

It works as advertised. Would install again A+++++++++++++++