!!!f'n Ebay Snipers!!!

[Nite_Maresz_25]

[rant]well, so I'm about to win this F-50 head right. The bid is 680, my maximum is 740...7 seconds left...refresh...AND I'M F'N OUTBID BY 10$...god****** this ****ing sucks ass!!![/rant]

sorry for the pointless rant...

[tfb1990]

yea... sorry bout that, now u got to go and jack up all his other bids too!

[Ball&Chain]

happens like that all the time.

[tfb1990]

yea, theres people that like set timers to auctions so they know exactly when to bid

[JB_From_Hell]

Dude, that's how you win auctions! Bidding prior to the last 12 seconds is foolish, and merely drives the price up.

[St_Genesius]

QFT

Dude, that's how you win auctions! Bidding prior to the last 12 seconds is foolish, and merely drives the price up.

[JB_From_Hell]

QFT

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[St_Genesius]

Quoted for Truth

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[XSSIVE]

to snipe is to WIN! people who bid with like 18 hours to go drive me nuts and just jack up the price with a hope and a dream...you know damn well your odds of winning it are slim to none when you do that so why bother?? when an auction has like 5 bids when you find it you know there are others who want the item so why bid with multiple hours to go when odds are very good that you will be outbid. i'm watching an auction now that was at $250 when i found it then with ~19 hours left a guy bid it up to $265 then with ~18 hours left another guy bid it up to $305. what's the damn point, i'm just going to bid a large amount at less that 10 seconds in the end a win it anyway lol.

-Mike

[inter]

Mate, the fact is you were outbid by someone who was prepared to pay more.

[tfb1990]

Mate, the fact is you were outbid by someone who was prepared to pay more.

sad but true (duh duh nuh nuh nuh) ok sry.. but yea, he thought it was a great deal too, either better timing or ready to pay more

[Mephis]

Atleast you can buy a 5150 or Hot rodded plexi now :P.

[D-EJ915]

Hey man, I was outbid on two japanese minidisc players (same model except different colors) by the same dude, I mean...how mean is that...ugh, what a mofo...

anyway, sucks for you, out of my like 40 ebay transactions I've not won a bunch of stuff.

[inter]

The sniper thing is what most savy guys do........

Here's an other idea, If you see an auction with a starting amount reasonably similar to what other past items have gone for, don't be afraid to bid once THEN put a higher amount so it list's as 2 bids.

You may end up driving off would be bidders!

[Nite_Maresz_25]

Wow!! Well, this was the first time I had been involved in anthing eBay, so I didn't know...there is another F-50 head with no reserve now, and I am planing on snipering(sp?) the **** outta that one!!

Here's an other idea, If you see an auction with a starting amount reasonably similar to what other past items have gone for, don't be afraid to bid once THEN put a higher amount so it list's as 2 bids.
You may end up driving off would be bidders!

what exactly do you mean by this?

[CapoFirstFret]

I tell you what, the real way to find good deals on ebay is to look at recently listed stuff with a buy it now...find those sellers that have a horribly low buy it now...but you have to be quick because those things don't last very long!

[Zerberus]

Dude, that's how you win auctions! Bidding prior to the last 12 seconds is foolish, and merely drives the price up.

Mate, the fact is you were outbid by someone who was prepared to pay more.

This is the most important thing on eBay..... Everyone is constantly biotching about snipers, when they SHOULD be *****ing about their own lack pf judgement....

Just like ANY auction, eBay sells to the highest bidder, with the only difference that eBay auction have a set finishing time.

The main "problem" is people with pink glasses wanting the deal of a lifetime, typing in that amount, and then getting pissed when someone bids what the item is actually worth... Essentially what is happening here.

ALWAYS bid what you´re WILLING to pay, not what you´d LIKE to pay..... that way, if you´re overbid, it´s because somebody either had deeper pockets or he was willing to dig deeper.... I´ve had auctions where someone bid the winnimg amount mere hours after I posted it, BECAUSE they bid what the itemn was worth and not what they ideally wanted to pay.... And then, if you´re outbid, it´s because you simply can´t afford it, no reason to be pissed

Doesn't that piss you off when a bidding war breaks out in the last 5 minutes

No, I start rubbing my hands and refreshing the bid-list to see the dollar signs go up

And if I´m bidding, that´s about 4 minutes and 50 seconds too early for me to care

to snipe is to WIN! people who bid with like 18 hours to go drive me nuts and just jack up the price with a hope and a dream...you know damn well your odds of winning it are slim to none when you do that so why bother?? when an auction has like 5 bids when you find it you know there are others who want the item so why bid with multiple hours to go when odds are very good that you will be outbid. i'm watching an auction now that was at $250 when i found it then with ~19 hours left a guy bid it up to $265 then with ~18 hours left another guy bid it up to $305. what's the damn point, i'm just going to bid a large amount at less that 10 seconds in the end a win it anyway lol.

-Mike

Also very true... most people forget that others have a watch list as well... my mesa poweramp for ex. is at roughly 300€, with IIRC 19 bids.... doesn´t seem like much, but there are over 250 people (!) watching it... the last 5 minutes are almost certainly going to be an armageddon of bids

[ArtieToo]

The main "problem" is people with pink glasses wanting the deal of a lifetime, typing in that amount, and then getting pissed when someone bids what the item is actually worth... Essentially what is happening here.

Exactly!

My eBay tactic has never changed. When I see something I'd like, I decide what's the maximum I'd pay for that - and be happy that I got it. I bid that amount, whether there's 10 seconds, or 10 days left. Then I never look back.

I just wait for the email that says I won or I lost. I've gotten killer deals, I've never been burned, and I never cry in my Wheaties.

Artie

[Animal]

I am only the one who gets a rush and has their heart rate increase significantly from bid sniping?

[krankguitarist]

I rarely bid before the last 30 seconds. Honestly, its the best way to get somthing for a good price, cause ya don't add to the jacking up of the price beforehand, and if things get a little too hairy, you can always back off.