I usually just place a bid at the most I am willing to pay. Don't get too
excited about actually "winning" anything until I actually have. If it goes
for more than I am willing to pay then so be it. The world won't end. Not
worried about bidding early and showing my hand as it won't matter to snipers
anyway. Possibly to shill bidders but I usually wait for the email
notification that I have been outbid or that I have "won" before I even look
at the item again.
The sun does not rise and set with ebay auctions. Maybe I just don't get
caught up in it.
Someone said earlier that it is not like a real auction, your right its not,
but some 'real' auctions even have time limits set for items. The decision to
keep trying for bids or to sell it when bidding slows is up to the auctioneer
who knows, and aometimes sets, the rules for that particular auction.
just my $.02
Shawn
>===== Original Message From "levilevi" <levilevi@comcast.net> =====
>The sniper bidding has been covered but there's also a practice known as
shill
>bidding. I don't know but eBay may have a way of preventing this or
>discouraging it or maybe not at all, but basically some bidders (friends,
>family, etc.) are in cahoots with the seller and if it looks like they aren't
>going to get the price they want or maybe in an attempt to create buying
>hysteria the shill will bid up the price to see if they can get someone to
>bite at a higher price. Usually this can happen all during the bidding not
>just at the end like sniper bidding...but it depends on who the shill thinks
>they're bidding against...e.g. if they think they have a live one they bid a
>lot of times but only enough to be the high bid. Buyer beware as always.
>
>Bud
>
>
>71TR6 CC57365 (Good 6)
>66TR4A CTC57806 (The Wreck-Almost Parts)
>66TR4A CTC57529 (The Project)
>71F-250 Camper Special (Triumph Support Vehicle)
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: john doe
> To: 6pack@autox.team.net
> Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 6:35 AM
> Subject: [6pack] ebay
>
>
> just some fustration of how when you bid on something for a week and there
>are no other bidders then all of a sudden all these bidders show up to drive
>up the price some gimmic
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