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 2010-03-03 2:15 PM |
Elite  3683      Whispering Pines, North Carolina |  Subject: Ebay Last Minute SnipersI hate 'em.That is all... |
| 2010-03-03 2:15 PM in reply to: #2705390 |
Champion 17756 SoCal | Subject: RE: Ebay Last Minute Snipers |
| 2010-03-03 2:17 PM in reply to: #2705390 |
Champion 11989 Philly 'burbs | Subject: RE: Ebay Last Minute Snipers Don't hate me 'cause I win. That's the way it's done. I hate people who keep bidding too far out from the end of the auction. |
| 2010-03-03 2:18 PM in reply to: #2705390 |
Master 2014 Ohio | Subject: RE: Ebay Last Minute Snipers |
| 2010-03-03 2:18 PM in reply to: #2705390 |
Champion 10668 Tacoma, Washington | Subject: RE: Ebay Last Minute Snipers tri_d00d - 2010-03-03 12:15 PM I hate 'em.That is all... Last MINUTE!?!?! Dood, that's WAY too early. My default is set at 3 seconds. |
| 2010-03-03 2:20 PM in reply to: #2705390 |
Champion 5874 Milton, GA | Subject: RE: Ebay Last Minute Snipers That's why you have to bid what you are willing to pay from the start. If the sniper wants it that bad, then I make sure they paid too much (well, at least more than what I was willing to pay). |
| 2010-03-03 2:22 PM in reply to: #2705403 |
Elite 3683 Whispering Pines, North Carolina | Subject: RE: Ebay Last Minute Snipers David tri's - 2010-03-03 3:18 PM What'd ya loose out on, Ron? <p>bike rollers, but it has happened to me before, too. |
| 2010-03-03 8:16 PM in reply to: #2705390 |
Member 42 Traverse City, MI | Subject: RE: Ebay Last Minute Snipers well, if you can't beat them maybe you need to join ranks? But yeah, that sucks man, hopefully next time. |
| 2010-03-03 8:19 PM in reply to: #2705409 |
Pro 4909 Hailey, ID | Subject: RE: Ebay Last Minute Snipers LowcountryTRI - 2010-03-03 1:20 PM That's why you have to bid what you are willing to pay from the start. If the sniper wants it that bad, then I make sure they paid too much (well, at least more than what I was willing to pay). Yeah I don't get it either. It's proxy bidding. You put in a max price, and you won't be outbid. If you are doing it right, you should never bid more than once... (unless I'm missing something). |
| 2010-03-03 8:23 PM in reply to: #2705390 |
Veteran 840 | Subject: RE: Ebay Last Minute Snipers If I really want it, I snipe. Sorry, there is too much advantage in sniping not to do it. |
| 2010-03-03 8:31 PM in reply to: #2705404 |
Master 1404 Eagle Mountain, Utah | Subject: RE: Ebay Last Minute Snipers briderdt - 2010-03-03 1:18 PM tri_d00d - 2010-03-03 12:15 PM I hate 'em.That is all... Last MINUTE!?!?! Dood, that's WAY too early. My default is set at 3 seconds. x2 Just do not understand why people start bidding early. |
| 2010-03-03 8:42 PM in reply to: #2705404 |
Resident Curmudgeon 25290 The Road Back Gold member | Subject: RE: Ebay Last Minute Snipers briderdt - 2010-03-03 2:18 PM tri_d00d - 2010-03-03 12:15 PM I hate 'em.That is all... Last MINUTE!?!?! Dood, that's WAY too early. My default is set at 3 seconds. www.phantombidder.com Don't even think about bidding without it. Pretty sure i got it from David. |
| 2010-03-03 8:44 PM in reply to: #2705390 |
Champion 4942 Richmond, VA | Subject: RE: Ebay Last Minute Snipers snipper no snipping. snipper no snipping.
whoa - I watch WAAAAYYYYY to much Dora the Explorer |
| 2010-03-03 8:47 PM in reply to: #2706233 |
Champion 10668 Tacoma, Washington | Subject: RE: Ebay Last Minute Snipers the bear - 2010-03-03 6:42 PM briderdt - 2010-03-03 2:18 PM tri_d00d - 2010-03-03 12:15 PM I hate 'em.That is all... Last MINUTE!?!?! Dood, that's WAY too early. My default is set at 3 seconds. www.phantombidder.com Don't even think about bidding without it. Pretty sure i got it from David. Possibly - it's the only one I've used, and I win about 75% of the auctions I bid on. One of the features I really like is the bid groups. |
| 2010-03-03 10:42 PM in reply to: #2705404 |
Veteran 281 | Subject: RE: Ebay Last Minute Snipers briderdt - 2010-03-03 2:18 PM tri_d00d - 2010-03-03 12:15 PM I hate 'em.That is all... Last MINUTE!?!?! Dood, that's WAY too early. My default is set at 3 seconds. haha  |
| 2010-03-03 11:09 PM in reply to: #2705404 |
Extreme Veteran 756 Mexico! | Subject: RE: Ebay Last Minute Snipers briderdt - 2010-03-03 2:18 PM tri_d00d - 2010-03-03 12:15 PM I hate 'em.That is all... Last MINUTE!?!?! Dood, that's WAY too early. My default is set at 3 seconds. mine was too. but sometimes if I have a bad connection, the stupid bid takes too long and the auction is over!! |
| 2010-03-03 11:38 PM in reply to: #2705390 |
| Expert 950 Ann Arbor | Subject: RE: Ebay Last Minute Snipers I have yet to purchase something from the 'bay but when I do, Im'ma snipe. The person that makes the last bid always wins. |
| 2010-03-04 1:07 AM in reply to: #2706236 |
Extreme Veteran 466 Cornfield in Northern Iowa | Subject: RE: Ebay Last Minute Snipers condorman - 2010-03-03 8:44 PM snipper no snipping. snipper no snipping.
whoa - I watch WAAAAYYYYY to much Dora the Explorer
LOL me too |
| 2010-03-04 4:29 AM in reply to: #2705390 |
Champion 5615 | Subject: RE: Ebay Last Minute Snipers I haven't bought much on eBay recently but I normally use an online sniping program. I can set when to put in the bid automatically (around 3 seconds before close) and my max bid. The best part of the program is that I can group auctions together if I am looking for a particular article and, if I win one, it automatically cancels the future bids on any other items in the group. |
| 2010-03-04 6:38 AM in reply to: #2705390 |
| Subject: RE: Ebay Last Minute Snipers That's one of the reasons I use Buy It Now almost exclusively. I hate the Johnny Come Latelies that bit at the last minute. So when I do bid, I make my max a penny below the Buy it Now price. The snipers want it? Fine, they can pay more than they would had they taken advantage of early pickup. |
| 2010-03-04 7:02 AM in reply to: #2705390 |
Veteran 270 Burlington | Subject: RE: Ebay Last Minute Snipers I snipe all the time but mostly because I watch a few autions for the same thing and rather than bid on all I put in a snipe for what I want to pay. If I get it great, if not I move to the next item on my watch list. |
| 2010-03-04 9:54 AM in reply to: #2705390 |
| Master 1946 Memphis, TN | Subject: RE: Ebay Last Minute Snipers tri_d00d - 2010-03-03 2:15 PM I hate 'em.That is all... Don't hate the playa hate the game.I am a sniper. My problem is with dumbasses that don't understand that you DON'T bid at all until the last hour before it's up. All you do when you bid 5 days ahead of time is raise the price. It's all strategy. |
| 2010-03-04 10:04 AM in reply to: #2705390 |
Elite 3088 Austin, TX Gold member | Subject: RE: Ebay Last Minute Snipers I just don't understand why people have such an issue with snipers. If you were willing to pay more for the item than you put in your max bid, why didn't you have a higher max? People that bid that way are looking for a bargain and hoping that they win. On the other hand, the most effective sniping strategy is to decide exactly how much you're willing to pay for an item, put that as your max, and then submit the bid as late as possible. That way, you're bidding to win and hoping for a bargain. Submitting any bid that's below your actual max just doesn't make sense. The other major advantage to sniping is that you don't get sucked into "just $1 more" battles. You pick your max, you put that in, and you don't have time to convince yourself to spend more than your max. |
| 2010-03-04 10:07 AM in reply to: #2705390 |
Veteran 840 | Subject: RE: Ebay Last Minute Snipers Plus, this is nothing new. While the strategies in a live auction are different, they are just a prevelant. Hiding good items so they go at the end of the day. Trashing an item while a spouse bids. Domination bids to drive off competition. Hiding bids from those around you. Driving up the price of similar items to drain money from the system or frustrate the other bidders. Quick bids, slow bids. All of them are valid live auction tactics. |
| 2010-03-04 11:07 AM in reply to: #2707074 |
| Extreme Veteran 320 Chelsea, MI | Subject: RE: Ebay Last Minute Snipers dgunthert - 2010-03-04 11:04 AM I just don't understand why people have such an issue with snipers. If you were willing to pay more for the item than you put in your max bid, why didn't you have a higher max? People that bid that way are looking for a bargain and hoping that they win. On the other hand, the most effective sniping strategy is to decide exactly how much you're willing to pay for an item, put that as your max, and then submit the bid as late as possible. That way, you're bidding to win and hoping for a bargain. Submitting any bid that's below your actual max just doesn't make sense. The other major advantage to sniping is that you don't get sucked into "just $1 more" battles. You pick your max, you put that in, and you don't have time to convince yourself to spend more than your max. Well said. Plus all the wishin and hopein is done in seconds. |
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