I am the type of guy ya'll hate, the eBay sniper. I find an item (Jay, I saw
Type 79
on eBay the other night so I left it be) and set in my mind what I am willing to
pay. At 15 seconds to close, I place my bid. If I win, great, if not, I have no
time
to reconsider and bid again. I had bid my max at that time. If I yank it out
from
under someone else, so be it. I was willing to pay more than they were, so
tough.
Just my thoughts, Brad
Geoff Branch wrote:
> 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@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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