Re: !!!f'n Ebay Snipers!!!
JB_From_Hell said:
Dude, that's how you win auctions! Bidding prior to the last 12 seconds is foolish, and merely drives the price up.
inter said:
Mate, the fact is you were outbid by someone who was prepared to pay more.
This is the most important thing on eBay..... Everyone is constantly biotching about snipers, when they SHOULD be bitching about their own lack pf judgement....
Just like ANY auction, eBay sells to the
highest bidder, with the only difference that eBay auction have a set finishing time.
The main "problem" is people with pink glasses wanting the deal of a lifetime, typing in that amount, and then getting pissed when someone bids what the item is actually worth... Essentially what is happening here.
ALWAYS bid what you´re WILLING to pay, not what you´d LIKE to pay..... that way, if you´re overbid, it´s because somebody either had deeper pockets or he was willing to dig deeper.... I´ve had auctions where someone bid the winnimg amount mere hours after I posted it, BECAUSE they bid what the itemn was worth and not what they ideally wanted to pay.... And then, if you´re outbid, it´s because you simply can´t afford it, no reason to be pissed
JB_From_Hell said:
Doesn't that piss you off when a bidding war breaks out in the last 5 minutes :laugh2:
No, I start rubbing my hands and refreshing the bid-list to see the dollar signs go up
And if I´m bidding, that´s about 4 minutes and 50 seconds too early for me to care
XSSIVE said:
to snipe is to WIN! people who bid with like 18 hours to go drive me nuts and just jack up the price with a hope and a dream...you know damn well your odds of winning it are slim to none when you do that so why bother?? when an auction has like 5 bids when you find it you know there are others who want the item so why bid with multiple hours to go when odds are very good that you will be outbid. i'm watching an auction now that was at $250 when i found it then with ~19 hours left a guy bid it up to $265 then with ~18 hours left another guy bid it up to $305. what's the damn point, i'm just going to bid a large amount at less that 10 seconds in the end a win it anyway lol.
-Mike
Also very true... most people forget that others have a watch list as well... my mesa poweramp for ex. is at roughly 300€, with IIRC 19 bids.... doesn´t seem like much, but there are over 250 people (!) watching it... the last 5 minutes are almost certainly going to be an armageddon of bids
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