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Subject: 
Re: eBay Anti-Sniper Strategy
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lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade
Date: 
Fri, 2 Feb 2001 23:03:28 GMT
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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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  Re: eBay Anti-Sniper Strategy
 
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 (...) (24 years ago, 3-Feb-01, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)

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  Re: eBay Anti-Sniper Strategy
 
(...) 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 (...) (24 years ago, 2-Feb-01, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)

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