Abigail
17-01-2007, 22:50
My sister told me of this really good site, www.goofbay.co.uk
From the site:
Every day 1000's of items are listed on eBay with miss-spelled or badly written titles. Goofbay searches and lists these hidden bargains. Other Goofbay tools inlcuded in the toolbar are:
Miss Spelling Checker - for example Playstation listed as Paaystation resulting in no bidders and low bid prices. This is new search from goofbay allows multiple search strings (for example 'Playstation 2 Games' - it mixes misspellings with correct ones to show the maximum number of results)
Not in Title Checker - this is a totally unique feature, no other site searches this way. You search for example 'PSP Games' and Goofbay lists those games where people havent got PSP or GAMES in the title (games listed in the PSP category with a title as '2 games' etc) these usually go undiscovered on eBay.
Negative Feedback Checker - allows you to sort an ebay users feedback into neutrals and negatives rather than browsing through 100's of positives to spot negative feedback.
Private Feedback Checker - when a seller hides their feedback and sets it to private this tool exposes the feedback.
Shill Bidder Checker - checks to see if an ebayer is bidding on their own items with a second account.
View Number of Watchers - wondered how many people are watching an item that you want to bid on?? this tells you how many watchers an item has. Can be a very useful tool when deciding how high to set your bid or snipe as it shows how many people may be waiting to bid on that item.
These are just a few of the features on Goofbay.
It includes items from all over the world so you get a much wider range of items.
There are loads of different options for searching like include correct spelling, items with no bids, items with/without images, new products only and shop inventory products only.
They also have a feature called eBay Sniper. If you find that somebody always manages to get the winning bid in a few secs before the auction ends you can beat them to it. Enter your ebay item number and your max bid and the sniper will automatically bid at the last moment, ensuring that more often than not you win the item.
You can also use it to leave neg feedback. If you're worried somebody will post neg feedback after you left them neg fb, the sniper will leave it until the very last moment to leave fb so the seller/buyer can't leave neg fb.
You can also search for last minute bargins ending within 20mins to a few seconds.
Currently, there is an 80GB video iPod for £1.00!!!! Postage is £10, brand new, in sealed box! 17hrs left to go.
I'd check it out, it seriously is worth it if you like a bargain.
The site isn't owned by eBay so you need a different username. It just trawls eBay for the best bargains.
EDIT: Just found something saying you DON'T need a seperate username for goofbay. Use the same one as you do for eBay. :)
You don't need to download the tool bar either, you get the same features on the site.
From the site:
Every day 1000's of items are listed on eBay with miss-spelled or badly written titles. Goofbay searches and lists these hidden bargains. Other Goofbay tools inlcuded in the toolbar are:
Miss Spelling Checker - for example Playstation listed as Paaystation resulting in no bidders and low bid prices. This is new search from goofbay allows multiple search strings (for example 'Playstation 2 Games' - it mixes misspellings with correct ones to show the maximum number of results)
Not in Title Checker - this is a totally unique feature, no other site searches this way. You search for example 'PSP Games' and Goofbay lists those games where people havent got PSP or GAMES in the title (games listed in the PSP category with a title as '2 games' etc) these usually go undiscovered on eBay.
Negative Feedback Checker - allows you to sort an ebay users feedback into neutrals and negatives rather than browsing through 100's of positives to spot negative feedback.
Private Feedback Checker - when a seller hides their feedback and sets it to private this tool exposes the feedback.
Shill Bidder Checker - checks to see if an ebayer is bidding on their own items with a second account.
View Number of Watchers - wondered how many people are watching an item that you want to bid on?? this tells you how many watchers an item has. Can be a very useful tool when deciding how high to set your bid or snipe as it shows how many people may be waiting to bid on that item.
These are just a few of the features on Goofbay.
It includes items from all over the world so you get a much wider range of items.
There are loads of different options for searching like include correct spelling, items with no bids, items with/without images, new products only and shop inventory products only.
They also have a feature called eBay Sniper. If you find that somebody always manages to get the winning bid in a few secs before the auction ends you can beat them to it. Enter your ebay item number and your max bid and the sniper will automatically bid at the last moment, ensuring that more often than not you win the item.
You can also use it to leave neg feedback. If you're worried somebody will post neg feedback after you left them neg fb, the sniper will leave it until the very last moment to leave fb so the seller/buyer can't leave neg fb.
You can also search for last minute bargins ending within 20mins to a few seconds.
Currently, there is an 80GB video iPod for £1.00!!!! Postage is £10, brand new, in sealed box! 17hrs left to go.
I'd check it out, it seriously is worth it if you like a bargain.
The site isn't owned by eBay so you need a different username. It just trawls eBay for the best bargains.
EDIT: Just found something saying you DON'T need a seperate username for goofbay. Use the same one as you do for eBay. :)
You don't need to download the tool bar either, you get the same features on the site.