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BoBo¨ · Guest

E.bay is timing out by default if pinged. Do you see any reliable/sophisticated method to detect the connection speed? DllCall() ? Via one of CoHelper.ahk's functions ???

My current workarround: get the time it needs with URLDownloadToFile a page from E.bay. But TBH I think there's some potential to be more accurate. Sad

Any help would be much appreciated. Thx. Smile

engunneer · Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 3:10 pm Post subject:

I guess you are making a sniping program?

have you seen SnipeSwipe.com?

Also, using your current connection speed to predict your future connection speed is not always a good idea, unless you are testing just a few moments before.
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Titan · Joined: 11 Aug 2004 Posts: 5048 Location: imaginationland

You can ping google.com or your ISP DNS.
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daonlyfreez · Joined: 16 Mar 2005 Posts: 745 Location: Berlin

You can never know for sure if your snipe will work.

You should snipe a couple of seconds before the end of the auction (2-3). Try checking against eBay's official time to be sure about the timing.
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daonlyfreez · Joined: 16 Mar 2005 Posts: 745 Location: Berlin

Check your time against eBay's official time.

Then simply submit your bid 2-3 seconds before the end of the auction, and hope it will get thru on time, and preferably just before the end.

You simply can never be sure. eBay will record the final bid as the bid closest to the end-time of the auction, but their servers are off on quite some occasions too (I happen to know), so it is safer to keep a margin, if you want to be certain your bid goes thru.
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