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I would consider using a bid sniping service to place bids on prosper.com

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Re: Would you use a bid sniping service on prosper.com?
« Reply #15 on: February 26, 2008, 04:51:19 pm »
Quote from: 112233 on February 26, 2008, 01:38:53 pm
security aside, I might use sniping to tie my money up less and bid on more loans rather than as a tool to get the highest rate. For example, If I had $50 in my account I could set up snipes for 10 loans, and the first loan that funds wins my $50.

This sounds like the wish-list HO mentioned which would be a more useful tool IMHO.



This seems like it would not really be effective.  If I wait a couple more days to snipe the loan I have to have the money ready to go in my Prosper account anyway.  It doesn't earn any interest tied up in there.  You could wait a couple days and transfer the money into your account perhaps but you have to do that manually anyway.  It doesn't seem to me that automating the bidding process to snipe the loan would really tie up less money.

Unless you want to avoid bidding on loans that aren't going to fund....but, of course, if everyone is doing that then loans that would otherwise fund aren't going to anymore.
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Re: Would you use a bid sniping service on prosper.com?
« Reply #16 on: February 26, 2008, 04:57:44 pm »
Quote from: Spider5 on February 26, 2008, 04:51:19 pm
Quote from: 112233 on February 26, 2008, 01:38:53 pm
security aside, I might use sniping to tie my money up less and bid on more loans rather than as a tool to get the highest rate. For example, If I had $50 in my account I could set up snipes for 10 loans, and the first loan that funds wins my $50.

This sounds like the wish-list HO mentioned which would be a more useful tool IMHO.



This seems like it would not really be effective.  If I wait a couple more days to snipe the loan I have to have the money ready to go in my Prosper account anyway.  It doesn't earn any interest tied up in there.  You could wait a couple days and transfer the money into your account perhaps but you have to do that manually anyway.  It doesn't seem to me that automating the bidding process to snipe the loan would really tie up less money.

Unless you want to avoid bidding on loans that aren't going to fund....but, of course, if everyone is doing that then loans that would otherwise fund aren't going to anymore.

Which brings up another issue - wouldn't you have to have the $$$ in your account to set up a snipe order? What if you have the money when you place the order, but pull it out before you're scheduled to snipe?

I dunno - this just seems like a bad environment for bid sniping.
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Re: Would you use a bid sniping service on prosper.com?
« Reply #17 on: February 26, 2008, 05:21:34 pm »
It is optimal from both an allocation and a price standpoint to place your bid at the last possible moment, discounting any concerns to momentum (whether a loan will fully fund)...

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Re: Would you use a bid sniping service on prosper.com?
« Reply #18 on: February 26, 2008, 06:24:58 pm »
No.  Although I'm no PMI Jedi, one still has to try and use the force.   ;)
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Re: Would you use a bid sniping service on prosper.com?
« Reply #19 on: February 27, 2008, 07:49:06 pm »
No.

I'm too cheap to pay for something I can do myself...
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Re: Would you use a bid sniping service on prosper.com?
« Reply #20 on: February 27, 2008, 07:52:26 pm »
Quote from: LoanChimp on February 27, 2008, 07:49:06 pm
No.

I'm too cheap to pay for something I can do myself...

Who said anything about "pay?"
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Re: Would you use a bid sniping service on prosper.com?
« Reply #21 on: February 27, 2008, 08:09:53 pm »
Quote from: HollowOak on February 27, 2008, 07:52:26 pm
Who said anything about "pay?"

Right. In this case, free is good...  :P
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Re: Would you use a bid sniping service on prosper.com?
« Reply #22 on: February 27, 2008, 08:25:39 pm »
Hi this is Mrs. Soupy, LC ( I think I know your real name  :) ).  " Free is Good" sounds like Mr. Soupy
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Re: Would you use a bid sniping service on prosper.com?
« Reply #23 on: February 27, 2008, 08:30:21 pm »
Quote from: Soupy1 on February 27, 2008, 08:25:39 pm
Hi this is Mrs. Soupy, LC .  " Free is Good" sounds like Mr. Soupy

 :D It appears prosper lenders in general are quite the cheap and frugal group. (Except when on vacation)...

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Re: Would you use a bid sniping service on prosper.com?
« Reply #24 on: February 27, 2008, 08:33:18 pm »
Quote from: Soupy1 on February 27, 2008, 08:25:39 pm
Hi this is Mrs. Soupy, LC ( I think I know your real name  :) ).  " Free is Good" sounds like Mr. Soupy

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Re: Would you use a bid sniping service on prosper.com?
« Reply #25 on: February 27, 2008, 08:36:37 pm »
Very nice pics.  Good job none of me :)   I am in stealth mode till Dc meet  lol
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Re: Would you use a bid sniping service on prosper.com?
« Reply #26 on: February 28, 2008, 12:31:52 am »
sniping is only one aspect of automated bidding.  Momentum is another.  both can be accomplished with api bidding. 

I for one am going into snipe only mode in the very near term (I don't have enough money to care about momentum)...  I will release my code (loan chimp that == free if you can install and configure it yourself).

Although to be perfectly honest, my idea of sniping does not have a manual component so unless I just decide to build it for grins someone will have to add a manual override switch before chimp will use it.

Here is a link to the quick snipe code I demoed and bid with at Prosper Days: http://www.rateladder.com/2008/02/24/bidding-with-the-prosper-api-code-example-quicksnipejava/
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