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Subject: 
Re: eBay Anti-Sniper Strategy
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lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade
Date: 
Sat, 3 Feb 2001 02:00:16 GMT
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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 that, I only have one chance at becoming
the high bidder.  But I bid my max that I'm willing to pay
for any item I want.  Also, it's fun and keeps the blood
pumping.

Ken

"richard marchetti" <blueofnoon@aol.com> wrote in message
news:G85K1s.IsI@lugnet.com...
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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(...) I agree totally. It is fun and exciting. As a bidder I hate to see a lot get maxed out price-wise with 5 days left. Chill out, you don't need to be the high bidder the whole week. As a seller I don't even bother to be around at the end of an (...) (24 years ago, 3-Feb-01, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)

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(...) I don't care about winning, I just care about getting the sets I wanted. Sometimes I will pay a premium to get them... (...) 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 (...) (24 years ago, 2-Feb-01, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)

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