This is the way at MANY auctions, not just e-bay. I used to buy a lot of
machinery at auctions and it happened too often to me. Only solution is to put
in your mind what you're willing to spend and don't go one centavo higher.
Don't forget that this feeding frenzy is what all auctioneers and sellers live
for! Glad to here that you won, tho. I am still telling your story about what
your daughter saw over the construction site fence: mud. Great story. Enjoy
her; they grow up really, really fast.
Geoff Branch
'74 Meejit "Yellow Peril"
'72 Innocenti 1300 Mini
Geoff Branch
'74 Meejit "Yellow Peril"
'72 Innocenti 1300 Mini
----- Original Message -----
From <Daniel1312 at aol.com>
To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2001 2:27 PM
Subject: E-bay bidding experience
> Hi list,
>
> after being outbid for about a #1 for several items I wanted on E-bay I
> decided to have another shot. I set a high reserve bid but was prepared to
> set a still higher reserve bid if necessary.
>
> I was the high bidder for days but sat down in front of my PC for the final 5
> minute countdown with my 4 year old daughter (the 'toy' is for us to share,
> having lost or whatever the one I had when I was a kid). With constant
> screen refreshes someone bid over my reserve with less than 2 minutes to go.
> Needless to say I was able to put in a new bid with a higher still reserve
> bid with about less then a minute to run - I was the high bidder.
>
> I am relating all this stuff because this is the first time I have found it
> necessary to adopt this approach to win and it only cost me #1 more than my
> original reserve to have the high bid.
>
> Daniel1312
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