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Re: Why do I beat my head against the wall?
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lugnet.market.auction
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Tue, 27 Oct 1998 23:00:04 GMT
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Larry Pieniazek wrote:
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> Every time I participate in an eBay auction and get sniped, I vow not to do it
> ever again. But sooner or later, some really choice lot comes along, and I
> backslide, only to get sniped again.
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> http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=37153943
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> I had a 280 bid for days... with 405 as my ceiling. 41 seconds before the end I
> got sniped.
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> Is it a mental problem? How do I break myself of this bad habit that just gets
> me more and more annoyed each time it happens?
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> ++Lar
Well, I really thought Larry was going to win this one. $280 is a large
bid and the winning party had to bid over $405 to get this one. Even
though I'm sure Larry would have wanted this lot at $411 (it sold for
$410), when the amounts are this large, I think the only thing you can
do is what the system was designed for - put in the highest amount
you're willing to pay and see where it goes. After all, the winning
party had to put in a very large amount to beat Larry's bid. I do
understand that this is frustrating and I wish eBay would modify some of
their auction rules to ease this frustration. A lot of good suggestions
have been made on rtl.
OTOH, sometimes you can get a good deal on eBay - today I just received
an 8840? Technic Helicopter that I won for around $20. So eBay is not
all bad :) And in other areas (outside of Lego), sniping doesn't seem
to run as rampant. I've won things on eBay on which I had the high bid
days before the auction closed.
As for breaking bad habits...take it one day at a time:
Larry (at mirror): "Today I will respect myself enough not to look at
eBay auctions. I'm good enuf, smart enuf, and doggone it, people on rtl
and LUGNet like me!"
--
Thomas Main
main@appstate.edu
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| Every time I participate in an eBay auction and get sniped, I vow not to do it ever again. But sooner or later, some really choice lot comes along, and I backslide, only to get sniped again. (URL) had a 280 bid for days... with 405 as my ceiling. 41 (...) (26 years ago, 28-Oct-98, to lugnet.market.auction)
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