Gixen

This is the first time I've ever written a review for anything! Gixen is excellent. I use it all the time, and it has enabled me to win hundreds of items on Ebay at great prices. I've never had a problem, except that if you put in more than one bid at exactly the same time, Ebay will sometimes reject those bids, as Ebay's software considers it impossible for the same user to be entering bids on multiple items at the same time. Some sellers do list their items so that multiple items end at exactly the same second, but fortunately Gixen includes the number of days, hours, minutes and seconds until the end of each auction, making it easy to spot this. The solution is to adjust the offset time of your bids. For example, if three items are ending at the same moment, you can enter bids on all three but set the timing of your bids at 8,6, and 4 seconds before the end of the auction. Problem solved! I'm not sure if you have to be subscribed to Gixen Mirror ($6 per year or less if you sign up for multiple years) to be able to do this, but that brings me to the other point - the regular Gixen service is free! I mean really free, which I think is unbelievable. Rather than having to put in bids manually and often well before the end of the auction, this service helps you win items that you might not have if you had placed your bid earlier and to win items at lower prices. I can jump on a computer, put in my bids for all the items I want to bid on that end in the next 24 hours, and forget about it. The other point is that the guy who runs this service, Mario, has been very good with communication with the users. He periodically posts updates, has sometimes asked for user input, and overall seems to be really on top of things and trying his best to make the service as good as possible. I am 55 years old and have now written my first review!

Gixen... no cons only pros...
Simply does exactly the purpose so designed...
100% confidence in Gixen... never fails...

I have been using Gixen for several years and have found it fantastic for not only successfully getting most of the items I bid for but also for the fact I can put in my bid and just leave it. Someone at work put me on to it and although I thought it sounded a bit unfair on other bidders at first, I quickly came to realise it's basically a "silent auction" where you are literally bidding the price you think the item's worth and how much you actually want to pay for it. (As a result, I haven't always won an item, because I've put in a bid too low and it's gone for more than I really wanted to pay).
The guy that invented and runs the website, Mario, always gets back to you straightaway with any issues or questions, and you feel like you're getting a really personal service. I have been with Gixen for about five to six years now and although I don't use eBay that much - maybe once every month or two - I still pay the $6 or whatever it is per year, as the amount is negligible, and if it means having a back up bid system and contributes to the running of the site, then it's more than worth it. I think there's a free version too, or there certainly used to be, so you could always try it out if so.
It's such an easier way to bid for something; my tip is just to put the absolute highest you're willing to pay for the item you want, as you may not end up paying that much in the end anyway, as the bids still go up in the eBay increments.
Thanks to Gixen, I'm now sitting, writing this, on one of my "new" beautiful distressed leather sofas I bought for an amazing price just before Christmas off eBay, by putting in two bids for each sofa therefore keeping slightly under the radar so no-one else bid for them! Thank you Gixen!

I like winning bids on eBay. Most of the action occurs in the last few seconds because sophisticated buyers know that bidding earlier gives others the information that the item must be valuable. If an item is perceived as "valuable," new and existing bidders will jack up the price making a "win" more expensive. I would stress out, poised at my computer, counting down the seconds till I placed my last second bid. If this doesn't sound like you, you don't need this software. If it speaks to you, the price is sooooo cheap, you will kick yourself that you didn't subscribe earlier. Obviously, you won't win everything because there are other bidders who may want the item more than you. However, by putting in a bid on Gixen for what the item is worth to you, you are not telegraphing this value to other bidders.

If you don't mind losing the occasional bid, it's FREE! If like me, you hate losing anything unless bidders have gone crazy with their bids, you lower your risk by subscribing to the backup server for $8 a year. I estimate that it has "saved" about 10% of my bids where the primary server had a problem. This last year, eBay has made it even easier for Gixen to submit bids. I like the fact that I don't load the software on my computer and my "wins" are processed as if I bid myself. The software manager, Mario, is also available by email if you have problems. I alerted him several years ago when I discovered that there was a maximum of 150 bids (if my memory is correct) before the program rejected new bids. I bet Mario has even corrected that. My only regret in reviewing the software is that new purchasers may bid for the same items that I'm bidding on. But, what's the probability? It just bothered me to read the bad reviews of this product. GO MARIO!