eBay Explicitly Bans AI "Buy for Me" Agents in User Agreement Update

Re:eBay Explicitly Bans AI "Buy for Me" Agents in User Agree... by jasonjayr on Thursday January 22, 2026 @07:39AM (#46718467)

Ebay works like this too. But because sniping is still permitted, I like to bid 'uncommon' amounts, like $3.17, so if someone else tried to bid a max of $3.00 even at the last moment, the bid for the few cents more wins.

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Re:eBay Explicitly Bans AI "Buy for Me" Agents in User Agree... by sunrunner on Thursday January 22, 2026 @08:59AM (#46719324)

  commit ecfd9009-5bae4398b13645e14ec4ce25 (HEAD -> deal-with-snipers)
  Author: sunrunner
  Date:   Thu Jan 22 13:57:34 2026 +0000

      Update BidBot default bid cents amount to be 18 (was 16), to deal with pesky sniping strategies discovered on HN.

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