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Re: People try to snipe me all the time on ebay...hahaha
Posted by James [Email] (more from James) on Tue, 22 Jun 2010 08:40:23
In Reply to: People try to snipe me all the time on ebay...hahaha, davidm, Mon, 21 Jun 2010 18:31:06
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problem is, if the thing sells on average for $75, you overpaid for it. Obviously if you were comfortable paying $200 for it, then $102 still feels like a good deal. What I've noticed is the early bidders seem to like to play a game of "keep my name on top", and on competitive items, those bidders often run up the price significantly beyond the going price (ie if you look at ended auction prices). I've also noticed (even though it is illegal) auctions where it looks like a sellers' "friend" is running up the bids... bidding early can cost you...
An Italian friend who buys and sells extensively on ebay gave me good advice: 1 bid, last second, max you are willing to pay. Sync your watch to ebay time + hit confirm when nobody can beat you. You win, you get the lowest price you could win at. You lose, you didn't overpay. Either way, you don't feel bad. I think I've maybe lost once using that system (and several times prior!).
So it depends on whether your objective is to win at all costs, or to get something at a reasonable price relative to the average. For competitive popular items, my experience is sniping is essential 99% of the time to get the latter result.
James...
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Posts in this Thread:
- Any safe E-bay sniping programs?Real time need to know, Used to be Chaz, Sun, 20 Jun 2010 13:40:19
- Why snipe at all?, Larry West , Mon, 21 Jun 2010 08:38:30
- Re: Why snipe at all?, Scott Paterson , Mon, 21 Jun 2010 20:06:51
- People try to snipe me all the time on ebay...hahaha, davidm, Mon, 21 Jun 2010 18:31:06
- Re: Why snipe at all?, TML , Mon, 21 Jun 2010 12:41:07
- If all buyers caem through on their commitment to buy,, Bill Homer , Mon, 21 Jun 2010 09:07:30
- AuctionStealer.com, Scott Paterson , Sun, 20 Jun 2010 21:19:01
- Re: Any safe E-bay sniping programs?Real time need to know, fraero95, Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:45:45
- Also want to know, just lost out two bids to last secon, Bill Homer , Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:44:43
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