Auction Sniper

This is a great app to snipe, the act of putting in a higher bid in the last few seconds in the hopes that no one can put in one later than your bid. It works for the very well. It also lets you creat bid groups. This is a VERY powerful feature that groups all bids for items you want to bid on, but only win a fixed number. For example, buying an iPad, and there are 12 available. Here, you set the max bid on each item you are willing to bid, and then group them. Then say how many you want. Say two. Auction sniper will keep bidding at the last moment until you have won two, and then toss out the rest. Because you have not ever bid on the others, no fear of winning too many. Lastly, Auction Sniper let's you set your maximum bid way in advance (plus a few bids over if close as an option) and then you look away. It helps YOU not spend more than you wanted because the item keeps getting bid up. You don't get sucked into a bidding war. It also tends to lower the price because there are no early on bidding wars by you upping the price. I highly recommend this for all three reasons, but the last reason is my favorite.

I first used AS right at its infancy—where bid-based auctions were plentiful, seller’s & PP fees were cheap, and those that understood bidding were handsomely rewarded. The auction site today is the antithesis of it’s original self. Stated-price (or BuyNow) formats appear to dominate the high-traffic categories and the speciality/rare items continue as they have. It’s been well over a year since AS was updated and the most noticeable issue is its non-conformity with the mega-sized device generation, followed by the broken Bid Category feature (that cancels other auctions once one is won) that perhaps only a few use. That being said, the app still works as confirmed this morning. It isn’t visually appealing and browsing auctions via its interface is on a YMMV basis, but it still does work and given the incredibly cheap fees it provides great value. As a primarily free site I suspect this is more of a hobby to the developer than a commercial interest but I wanted to write this review to ensure he/she was aware that it still provides value to me at least.

I have never had an issue with losing an auction due to app malfunction. Seems like I’m always adding $ to my account. I don’t understand what the unpaid balance is, I always add 10 or 20 $ and once I go through that amount there is also an “unpaid” balance- it’s like, I swear they are just finding a way to charge extra. Seems like if I add $10 then that’s how much money I should have to use in there app, when I am down to $0 I should add more. But once I finish my $10 there’s another balance that I have to pay before I can use the app again? It’s confusing and makes me feel like the app is trying to nickel and dime me - like be simple

This app I have been using for years to get the things I want for a price I am "wiling " to pay. I think of what I would pay for an item, then add or subtract how much I need it, then I just enter that amount in the system and this app does the bidding at the end in case I cannot. It also helps with "buyers remorse" too! Works flawlessly, will even keep up with watched items as you go. It email or text if someone has already outbid you and give you a chance to up your bid if item is worth it. So it a great tool buying on eBay, although am sure there are others , but I stick with this one because it does all I need done buying..MJ

The app worked great for sniping, but after paying for credits at $5 minimum, the credit disappeared after app update. No response from company email. Money grab! Also, the support page doesn’t work and the help email isn’t monitored. Good luck getting anything resolved even though a response was posted here from the company. ****October 2019 Update - the app developer provided a new email contact and corrected the balance issue. Since then I have been able to successfully use the app as before. Upgraded review to 4 stars, thanks for clearing this up. ****