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Posted: 6/30/2003 8:46:36 PM EDT
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I win 98% of my stuff by waiting til the end.
If I want something bad enough I bid my max close to the end(five minutes left).Plus, I pad it by a certain % depending on the itme I want. I have never bid my max in the early stages. I feel it's like a card game and I don't show my cards early. |
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Posted: 6/30/2003 8:47:49 PM EDT
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I just bid what it's really worth to me and walk away till it's over. I don't get the oh I gotta have it this basterd is sniping my bid at the last minute fever some of you guys get. How can he snipe your bid, if you bid high enough no one could beat it.
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Posted: 6/30/2003 9:04:58 PM EDT
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Early bidding drive the price up. Wait and bid the max at the end.
BTW, what kind of stuff are you bidding on, Garand_Shooter? [;D] |
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Posted: 6/30/2003 9:11:04 PM EDT
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If the auction ends at a time when I'm going to be home, I'll snipe at the last minute. If it ends at a time I know I won't be home, I'll bid my maximum price on the day it ends and let the auction run its course. Then when I get home from work I see if I won or not.
FWIW, sometimes I look up winning bids on completed auctions to see what something is going for so I don't bid too high. There isn't anything I want that bad so I lose more auctions than I win. |
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Posted: 6/30/2003 9:17:35 PM EDT
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I snipe whenever possible.
Otherwise you stand a good chance of just driving the price up to the point where you wind up walking away from the item anyway. Also, sniping also keeps [b]me[/b] from getting wrapped up in a bidding war!! I generally submit my one and only bid about 15 seconds before the action closes. |
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Posted: 6/30/2003 9:21:08 PM EDT
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I let it ride till about five seconds till the end of the auction...this can be dangerous though if there is a glitch!
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Posted: 6/30/2003 9:23:40 PM EDT
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Quoted: Early bidding drive the price up. Wait and bid the max at the end. BTW, what kind of stuff are you bidding on, Garand_Shooter? [;D] WWII US Militaria mostly, some pretty specialized areas at that. Seems like the main stuff I am looking for it is always me and about 7 other guys with the same interest. |
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Posted: 6/30/2003 9:24:09 PM EDT
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I just don't buy on ebay as everything can be found cheaper somewher else.
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Posted: 6/30/2003 9:41:33 PM EDT
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Even after the articles posted where ebay and it's founder openly admits from the company's begining to keeping ALL transaction records, ALL buyer/seller correspondence, playing private law enforcement and turning people over to the feds for things they "feel" are illegal you all still use that crappy place. Whatever rocks your boat.
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Posted: 6/30/2003 10:14:28 PM EDT
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Quoted: I let it ride till about five seconds till the end of the auction...this can be dangerous though if there is a glitch! Those glitches worry me too. I refresh the page continuously within the last 30 seconds or so to make sure it's still connected. With my bid ready all I have to do is confirm the bid in the last five seconds. I think my closest was three seconds. |
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Posted: 6/30/2003 10:22:28 PM EDT
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Quoted: I just don't buy on ebay as everything can be found cheaper somewher else. Thats true in most cases, in fact thats why I love selling on there. But when you collect in a pretty narrow field it is a great resource. Imbro, Since everything you buy and sell is visible to anyone with a computer anyway, what else can ebay tell them, the bank account and debit card drawn from it that is used only for ebay anyway in my case... whoop-te-do they already know what I am buying and selling and how much I am takng in and sending out. Seriously, if I wanted to track someones Ebay transactions all I need to do is put thier username in the search function. And anyone with a brain uses a bank account and card only for Ebay just as a safeguard anyway. What kind of info other than that does Ebay have to give out... nothing more than what a 12 year old on his dads computer can look and see anyway. |
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Posted: 6/30/2003 10:55:29 PM EDT
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Definitely bid only in the last 3 seconds of the auction
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Posted: 6/30/2003 11:00:26 PM EDT
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Quoted: Definitely bid only in the last 3 seconds of the auction Ditto. You wait till 20 seconds before auction closes. Throw in your max in one window, and the next price up in another. 8 seconds before auction is over, you go for next price up. Keep doing this if the bidder has his max in already. Use fair increments(not minimum). About 2 seconds before the end, if all else fails, press submit(confirm, already clicked the first add bid button) on your max bid amount. If his max was higher, boohoo. If not, you win. |
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