Anyone else have a weakness for ebay??

I'm an ebay junkie too. I bought my libretto, my range, most of my mixers, and lots of stuff on ebay.

and yes, I snipe!
 
It's funny... almost everyone "snipes" the auction, bidding in the last minute.

BUT.... to win, you HAVE TO BID THE ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM you are willing to pay.
Because, if you don't, you won't have time to bid again.

As a seller, I used to hate all the last minute bidding, but over the years, I have
found that I actually end up making MORE MONEY.. because people bid just a bit more
on average at the last second than they would if they were bidding multiple times.
So.. thank you auction psychology!

Now, everyone go google the words ebay and snipe or sniping...
There are companies and programs that will place your bid automatically in
the last seconds of the auction, so you don't have to be at the computer.
esnipe.com is one.. not an endorsement, although I have used them in the past.

(It was fun back in the day, when the last HOUR of an auction was great fun to
watch... bid.. bid.. bid... bid.bid.bid...bid...SOLD!)
 
Now, everyone go google the words ebay and snipe or sniping...
There are companies and programs that will place your bid automatically in
the last seconds of the auction, so you don't have to be at the computer.
esnipe.com is one.. not an endorsement, although I have used them in the past.


Ooooooh so thats how they do it!!! Someone outbid me the other day in literally that last second and I could figure out how they were so fast....now I see they had help! Now thats just cheating!!
 
I got so pissed off at a sniper once that I emailed them! :lol:

They gave me a story about being crippled and they only did it for their grand-daughter.

Damn.

I don’t snipe anymore, but instead do what Miniman does……post a TRUE max bid. If they can beat that, then they deserve it. It's funny though, I love to watch the snipers hit my max again and again at 50 cents per hit (spending precious seconds trying to find the mark) only to see my max is way above theirs and they lose! :lol:
 
Now, everyone go google the words ebay and snipe or sniping...
There are companies and programs that will place your bid automatically in
the last seconds of the auction, so you don't have to be at the computer.
esnipe.com is one.. not an endorsement, although I have used them in the past.


Ooooooh so thats how they do it!!! Someone outbid me the other day in literally that last second and I could figure out how they were so fast....now I see they had help! Now thats just cheating!!

You said the magic words - you were outbid. If your max is higher than theirs it doesn't mean diddly that they placed their bid at the final second of the auction.
 
I did yesterday Mav, a lady I won a bid with also had things for buy now so I added about 4 other items to my order :)
 
Cool, I'm not the only one LOL. I did that with the Wii I bought. I won it in auction but picked up all the accessories using Buy it Now. They were so cheap to begin with I figured what the heck.
I have also used it before to buy computers. Of course, I pick ones where the Buy option is only a few bucks more than the reserve or minimum bid allowed.
 
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