BayGenie eBay Auction Sniper Free for Windows

User Reviews

• Works & still free (read below)

  T-F10/21/2016

  Pros

  (1) If you want the free version, download the desktop version for Windows from BayGenie's site. They no longer make a separate free app - the free version is the same as the paid version. The only limitation is that you can have 1 snipe running at time. (2) When I ran into a issue with the app not completing a snipe, I received an email response from BayGenie's support within 24hirs pointing to a new build that was updated to work around eBay's blocks. That's pretty good support for the free version of the app.

  Cons

  Either CNET or BayGenie needs to pull this old version from download.com and replace it with the proper one (that is available for free at Baygenie's site).

  Summary

  BayGenie's eBay sniping app is easy to use and they allow you to try it out for free (just has a limit of 1 snipe at a time). Make sure to pull down the version from the BayGenie site (a much older version is posted on Download.com)

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• Lose Auctions Automatically-- Woo Hoo!

  Badpork541/24/2015

  Pros

  Moderately simple interface

  Cons

  Doesn't work. No tech support.

  Summary

  I've actually used BayGenie for several years but with the latest version Sniper 4 I've been totally wasting my time with it. It does no good to find that special deal on eBay only to have BG not submit your bid. This has happened to me on the last 5 auctions I've done. I've used the program long enough to know how it works. It's simply not submitting the bids and then listing the error as "cause unknown". Since there's no way to contact BG I have no way of finding out if they have a fix for this (yes, I'm updated to the latest version). After years of using BayGenie it's time to find something else.

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• Buggy and ZERO technical support for paid users

  vorlonken11/4/2014

  Pros

  It USED to be good.

  Cons

  Doesn't bid on time. Doesn't update the status of items you want to snipe. Technical support is NON-EXISTENT even if you have been paying for the product for 5 or 6 years.

  Summary

  I've been a paying, licensed user of BayGenie for many years. It used to work well, but not so much any more. With the latest version I find that it doesn't update the status of items you're bidding on and it nearly always puts in your bid after the auction has already expired. Its error trapping and handling are bad, bad, bad! It's a real shame to see a once great program turn into a worthless piece of garbage - and even worse a piece of garbage that you've PAID FOR and you still can't get any technical support.

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• CAUTION!!!-STAY AWAY!!!-SPYWARE/TROJAN!!!

  Whatisyourproblem12/21/2013

  Pros

  There are none.

  Cons

  Downloads conduit searchbar and takes over your browser and heaven knows what else this can do.

  Summary

  I downloaded this in the hope of improving my ebay chances. However, after installing this, I found my browser homepage opening to a conduit search window instead of my email as normal and the toolbar changed in size and resolution. When I tried signing into my email account again, I found I could not access it using my normal account information (email and password) and I was being asked what email I had that could have security information sent to to access my account. Thinking this was coming from Microsoft (Hotmail), I entered another email address. I was net with the message this was not a recognized account and asked for another. Now the alarm bells started going off in my head and I immediately removed BayGenie and all the Conduit files I could find and cleaned up as best as I could with all my anti-spyware malware programs. Now my toolbar is back to normal and my browser, once again opens to my email account as before. I just hope I got everything and I'm not compromised any further or experience any more grief from this.

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• totally sucks

  gatrdone12/4/2013

  Pros

  none. doesn't bid.

  Cons

  doesn't work. pretty much just want you to buy pro.

  Summary

  don't download. it won't bid

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• You will loose your eBay bucks!

  Greg_Salyer12/31/2012

  Pros

  Easy to use Good Price

  Cons

  It places your bids on a non-US eBay site and you will not qualify for your eBay bucks due to this. I lost almost $40 this month due to this!

  Summary

  If it did not cause me to lose my eBay bucks I would give it 5 stars.

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• TWO THUMBS DOWN!

  frenchfanfavorite11/3/2012

  Pros

  Snipes can be set up to 1 second before the auction ends. Priced competitively.

  Cons

  Now that BayGenie has established a larger following, addressing issues or questions no longer seems to be a priority (POOR CUSTOMER SERVICE). Been with BayGenie since their beta days and LOVED everything up until a few weeks ago. Too many issues that should be an easy fix on the developer end. Not sure if they just dont care anymore or what?

  Summary

  BayGenie, please fix the issues so we can love you again!

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• Did not bid afer I closed its window!

  bjr99910/27/2012

  Pros

  I have no idea if it even works at this time.

  Cons

  I put in a bid on ebay, figured it would keep the bid active, closed the bygenie box window - and guess what: NO BID WAS MADE.

  Summary

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• Mostly lose items to people with lower bids.

  notinterestedparty10/16/2012

  Pros

  About 30% of the time I get a successful bid in.

  Cons

  But mostly ebay bid history will show that I have been out bid by someone with a lower max and my user name does not appear at all in the bidding history.

  Summary

  You stand a better chance at sitting at the "place bid" button on your own. Most of my bids never show up on bidding history of the sold item.

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• LUA error after error

  hearts187419/30/2012

  Pros

  non, didn't even get to use it !

  Cons

  absolute rubbish when trying to install I got error after error, didn't even get to try using it,thought maybe it was a corrupt download so downloaded again from cnet, same thing, there must have been about 15 error messages, try something else, but not this

  Summary

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