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In lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, Bob Sardelli writes:
> As a seller, the beauty of an auction is that there is an added desire on
> the part of buyers to "win", not just get something they want/need.
> I believe that that is the reason a lot of stuff goes for outrageous prices.
> Good old human nature.
I don't care about winning, I just care about getting the sets I wanted.
Sometimes I will pay a premium to get them...
> As a seller, sniping seems to hurt when items sell
> for less then you hoped, but I believe that for those cases, there just
> wasn't the market I had hoped for.
Naw. In my case, I tend to snipe. So when I forget to bid on something at
the last minute, the item I was going to bid on often goes for less than
would otherwise have been the case. I figure if I forgot, the other buyer
gets a deal!
-- Richard
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| For me, the only time I bid on any item is by sniping. Why bid early? It's like showing your opposites your hand in a game of poker. I usually wait until the last 10 or so seconds left in an auction to bid. The only drawback to this bidding, is (...) (23 years ago, 3-Feb-01, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| (...) I personally believe that snipping only works for the buyer if the other buyers don't know have to effectively use the maximum bid system. As a buyer that means I bid whenever I want and bid the highest that I am absolutely willing to pay (and (...) (23 years ago, 2-Feb-01, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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