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Thread: On-line auctions and sniping.
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9th December 2005, 11:28 AM #16
I only bid in the last minute. I throw my hat in the ring then, and use that approach to do two things:
1. limit the "oh, I'm tempted to just bid a bit more" thing I get into,
2. only reveal my interest at the very end.
I'll bid early on something I really want, like the 3 near-new old disston saws that I lost out on recently, if I can't be at the 'puter when the auction closes. Looking at the bids after the close will usually show someone testing my bid limit by putting in multiple bids over the last few minutes, or a snipe. Someone might be thinking "I'll go $30, ok, that lost why not try $33, no, $35, no.... now I'm cranky, $60..."
Basically, bid early, and others will bid up to see your limit, and make a decision as to whether they really want it.
Bid late and you still may have to pay your maximum, however there is a chance that you will get it for the minimum "over the last highest maximum" before "old matey" has time to reconsider his maximum bid.
I guess I'm not trying to pay my maximum, rather I'm trying to pay as far off my minimum as I can get away with.
Would sniping help? Dunno, I can't be bothered thinking about it and having another layer of "stuff I need to know about and have passwords and links and stuff for" in my mind.
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9th December 2005, 04:53 PM #17Originally Posted by Toolin Around
There's a lot of heat in some kitchens, if uncomfortable remove thyself knaveBruce C.
catchy catchphrase needed here, apply in writing to the above .
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9th December 2005, 08:18 PM #18
auctions go to the highest bidder,
if you bid late or early the auction still goes to the highest bidder.
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9th December 2005, 08:53 PM #19
Hi, have been reading this thread with interest and a counter to gage how many people look at a item has been mentioned.
How and where do you find this counter. I have looked with no luck just cannot find it.Could someone please advise me.
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9th December 2005, 09:18 PM #20Registered
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Win, win,win.
For every winner there is a loser, usually the seller.
How can every user of Epay be a winner??
Al :confused:
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10th December 2005, 06:49 AM #21Originally Posted by echnidna
I pretty much agree that there are elements of all the inputs apply but I have had successes on ebay and other sites where I have got the item for less than or at the maximum I was prepared to pay. The only way you can establish that figure IMHO is to research .
Very rarely do I get on a last minute buying war and even then it is only because the item is somethig I want. eg placed max $60 and won at $62. On another recent one bid $25 - lost - sold at $32 had lost before - bidding on the next offer for the same product -$32 - was offered the product at $25:confused:
And still waiting for the $275 Ryobi A13 to arrive MondayPerhaps it is better to be irresponsible and right, than to be responsible and wrong.
Winston Churchill
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10th December 2005, 09:14 AM #22Originally Posted by schaf
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10th December 2005, 09:26 AM #23
There is a counter at the bottom of most listings, it tells how many times that page has been loaded on anyone's browser. I may look at something a dozen times and each one will show as a discrete time the item has been viewed.
There is another piece of info that is available only to the seller: I can tell how many people have placed my item on their personal watch list on their 'my ebay' page. This gives an idea of the degree of interest in the item, but is not a reliable indicator of how many people will bid at the end.
I have an item right now with one bid of 0.99. yet there are 17 people watching it, so in this case I expect a last minute flurry.
Greg
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10th December 2005, 11:57 AM #24
As has been pointed out, Ebay is not an auction.
As has been pointed out, there is some idiots out there.
I see little advantage in driving up the final price, promoting an item in which I am interested, or flagging my interest in an item.
I will only bid on Ebay in the dying seconds of an item.
If this makes me one of the idiots, you'll find me in the corner with the pointy aht with the bif "D" on it, but be careful, there is a bit of a crowd of us.Boring signature time again!
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10th December 2005, 12:19 PM #25Originally Posted by echnidna
Sniping is useful when you may not be around to monitor the sale.
There is another option and that is the other bidder(s) may not be aware of sniping and will try to get the sale by sitting and monitoring the progress which sniping is anyway but done using software.
I wouldn't pay for sniping software etc unless I was buying a lot.
Regards
Andrew
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10th December 2005, 03:37 PM #26Originally Posted by schaf
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10th December 2005, 03:43 PM #27
Driver I have bought a fair bit from ebay in various catagories and never worry about sniping etc.I tend to set my limit on an item allow for postage and make that my max. amount, then if I win good if not too bad.
I see many bidding wars and at times you can buy the item new locally for less than the final bid + postage
well thats what I do so now you can decide what you wish to do.
I have lost many auctions by 50 cents but that was 50 cents more than my max bid. I dont have a must win ethic and accept that some people will want an item more than me or must win at any cost.
PeteWhat this country needs are more unemployed politicians.
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10th December 2005, 04:07 PM #28Originally Posted by gregoryq
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10th December 2005, 04:13 PM #29
Just to close the case on the counter issue ...
It can be added by the seller if they choose when listing the auction and is the only way to know how many people have viewed the auction.
There is a feature that shows the seller how many people have added the auction to their "watch" list.Now proudly sponsored by Binford Tools. Be sure to check out the Binford 6100 - available now at any good tool retailer.
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10th December 2005, 05:12 PM #30Originally Posted by Toolin Around
It is not being sneaky, as you put it, to wait until the end of the listing. Waiting simply removes the tit for tat engaged in by neophytes, or attempts to. On poplular items this doesn't work precisely because too many bidders treat ebay like a real auction.
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