Been a user for many years. Gixen has never let me down. If bidding on eBay is part of your life, don't waste another minute bidding directly on the eBay website. Let Gixen do the heavy lifting for you. No more waiting for that last second to try to get an item you've under-bid. Gixen will do it for you, reliably, conveniently and inexpensively. For a few bucks a year, I credit Gixen for my 90% auction win rate... while saving me the cost of Gixen many times over. Gixen is simply indispensable.
Many years ago, more than ten, I have been utilizing Gixen as my exclusive auction sniper product. The only auctions I have ever lost while using Gixen were those that I under bid.
I have used Gixen at least 100 times. I have never lost any ebay auction as long as pricing didn't go beyond my specified price limit.
The short of it? You can trust Gixen to get it done! You can also trust their administration to notify you for any changes in the site. I recommend Gixen Sniper to anyone who wants to consistently win their auctions. Set it and even if your offline Gixen will still win your auction. Good service.
The Gixen program has surprised me with its performance -- I don't often buy from eBay, and cannot afford to sit by my computer all day and all night. It was a pleasure to discover that I had won an auction! YES I highly recommend Gixen... although I do not know what will happen when everyone uses the program! For now -- very happy with it and recommending it.
I started using desktop-based sniping tools several years ago, in order to place the maximum bid I wanted without having time for afterthoughts and going above self-imposed limits. The issue I encountered is that my machine had to be on, not asleep, and connected to Internet.
The major concern I had with on-line sniping tools is that I would give my eBay password to someone else and I had to blindly trust them and trust that they would be well protected against hacking.
With Gixen I have a threefold piece of mind: 1) it does no longer handle my eBay password, 2) it provides me redundancy in placing my bid, by using also the backup server at a different location (so far, in several years, it hasn't missed any of my bids), and 3) I can set up a snipe from everywhere and I don't need to be sitting at my computer that runs the sniping program.
I never had the need to deal with the customer service, since Gixen has been rather reliable for me. Looking at the bulletin board I see that they are very proactive in dealing with all issues and glitches.
The service, on my opinion, is fairly cheap and well worth.
I've used this service many times, and it has yet to let me down. EBay is a good place to get easy and insanely cheap deals if you have a bit of patience and a good sniper, and Gixen has literally saved me hundreds of dollars (I'm not exaggerating, either). The UI isn't great and can be off putting, but it functions very well.
While the basic Gixen is free, I use the "mirror" service which offers the second server and multiple ways to customize the timing and combinations of bids and without any limitation to the number of bids. I have been a customer for about seven years with close to ******* bids on eBay during that time. You do need to understand eBay's biding rules to avoid missing out on an opportunity. While I did not win every time, I did not bid more than I wanted and often won for less than my maximum bid.
An excellent and reliable sniping tool - and the only one approved by eBay. Excellent support and with a small annual donation towards maintaining a "Mirror" service (well worth it!) it is super-reliable too.
In all my years of using Gixen it has only failed once - and that might have been me getting it wrong! My only niggle is that the user interface is rather basic, but this certainly does not warrant giving it a 4* review.
Gixen has been everything it claims. I've not needed any support from them. It works seamlessly and easily.
I had used a different system for many years. The originators sold their company to another party. After that, things seemed to be ignored (including customer support).
Gixen is the best that I've used.
Gixen is an exceptional tool when bidding on eBay. I have been using the service since the developer started, and he works continuously to make it better. Plus, he's a friendly and communicative guy. If you want to keep the service around you should donate a few bucks a year to support him. I do and it's money very well spent.
... without any problems. My ebay bids have gotten in on time, every time. Comes in handy when I can't monitor an auction end, or the auction ends too late. I have won many auctions using GIXEN. Very easy to use. I recommend it highly.
I've been a Gixen user since I started using eBay back in 2006, or not much later. I was so frustrated, losing auction after auction. Gixen made it possible to get items I wanted, and at a great price. Gixen is the best idea ever.
Wonderful software, and a wonderful developer. Frequent and clear communication and attention to detail and feature requests. As an added bonus, the license pricing is a true bargain. I have had 4+ years of very positive experience with Gixen. Highly recommended.
If you place bids often in Ebay auctions, it will be worth your while to place them with the proxy web site, Gixen. Read how it works on the Gixen's web site itself, use it truly free as long as you wish, then opt out of pay about $6 a year for the extra goodies.
Incredibly helpful in placing bids and obtaining the best pricing. Since the bid is entered in the last few seconds others cannot work against it. It frees my time because the automatic entry means I do not need to be watching for the auction end. Gixen has never failed to enter my bid as directed!
Gixen reduces the stress of bidding on eBay. Gixen is an excellent eBay snipe site. Gixen is good because of its simple, clear interface. Gixen has good Help Instructions, for example I had to renew the connection between eBay and Gixen (every 18 months), the help instructions quickly led me. I used the free service for a year, and chose to subscribe at $12/year; subscription avoids advertisements, I have subscribed for 4-years. Also, I like the Group Bid feature; this allows chronological bids on a product until I Win at my price.
I signed up to Gixen around three years ago. I was initially looking for a reliable, free sniping service. I use eBay a lot and during the year or so I used the free service only one of my many snipes failed. Impressed by the quality of service I then decided to sign up for a paid subscription, (Gixen mirror which costs all of $6 a year). That was a couple of years ago and since then I have never had a snipe fail.
Gixen is easy to use, reliable and trustworthy with excellent notifications and support. It is glitch free, dirt cheap and bottom line has saved me hundreds of pounds (I live in the UK). It also, in this age of internet behemoths appears to be a one man operation run by a bloke called Mario. I like that about it too. Thanks Mario, great service!
The Gixen auction program is an awesome product. I regularly use it to get good deals on auction items. I particularly like the grouping function where I can place multiple auction items from different sellers in a group and Gixen will bid until I get one of those items. It then stops bidding on the others. This allows me to set up a snipe for several things in an overnight setting but stops bidding once I win one of them.
I have used the Gixen software for years and win many of my auctions with substantial savings the typical bidding method.
I have been using GIXEN for several years no and have had no problems with them. This is by far the cheapest and best way to snipe on eBay. You can set your bids to go in with 3 seconds to go so no one can outbid you at the end. At $6 per year it is much less than my previous sniping service and just as reliable.
I maybe buy 20 to 50 items per year on eBay, but as a 4 year Gixen user, I can attest to its value. I usually win at least 1 in 3 auctions, targeting lower priced items (under $100). For less than $7, it is a super value.
I've used and been a subscriber of Gixen for years. Always keeping pace with changes and first rate user communication when issues and changes arise. Gixen takes the hard work out of buying on eBay and allows you to save considerable money. I'd pay more for this service.
Answer: TOTALLY LEGIT! Been a paid up user for over a decade and never had a single problem.
Answer: It is obvious the reviewer had all the problems that he incorrectly blames on Gixen because he has visited other websites that have put malware/spyware/keyloggers/viruses on his computer. He won't admit that his problems are his own fault so falsely blames GIXEN for his own incompetence.
Answer: I have not needed to reach Customer Service. Their online help is pretty good. Just read.
Answer: It just works. Simple user interface. You can just "set it and forget it". Maybe the best online tool I have ever encountered.
Answer: Nothing at all. Gixen main service is free up to 4 winning snipes a month. Reliability for the free service is 99.5%. If you want higher reliability you can subscribe to Gixen Mirror. In that case your bid is sent twice, from two servers in different regions to minimize chance of failure. Gixen Mirror is inexpensive, around $6 / year, and there are different subscription types that can be seen on the settings page.
Gixen has a rating of 4 stars from 509 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally satisfied with their purchases. Reviewers satisfied with Gixen most frequently mention many years, mirror service and ebay auctions. Gixen ranks 7th among Auction sites.