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Re: Crossbow boat auction
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lugnet.market.theory
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Fri, 19 Nov 1999 10:48:12 GMT
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RE : Snipers.
I ran an auction a 2 weeks or so ago where the winner placed his bid 6
seconds before the auction ended. The person he outbid was pretty upset about
the whole thing.
Frank Filz wrote:
> Kevin Wilson wrote:
> >
> > This auction of mine just finished last night at a ridiculous price for
> > what the item is - and I'd like to know why. I was expecting about $10
> > since it's a non-US set. Any comments?
> >
> > http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=199069925
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> Well, the 2nd highest bidder has a 0 feddback rating, suggesting someone
> who may not have any idea of what the market is like. The high bidder
> may be someone who has been sniped too many times in trying to get this
> set to complete his collection.
>
> I'd chalk it up to two snipers running afoul of each other except for
> the fact that both bids came in well before closing. I saw someone
> complaining about how high they got an item for in RTL, it sounded like
> they were a sniper and apparently some snipers put in a huge bid on the
> theory that they will absolutely get the item for just over what someone
> who doesn't understand how the sniping works bid. Of course if two of
> these insane sniping bids collide...
>
> --
> Frank Filz
>
> -----------------------------
> Work: mailto:ffilz@us.ibm.com (business only please)
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| (...) I put my bid in last night for the 6103 at 1:45 to go. I figured that wasn't total last second sniping but it was also close enough to the end that I would be safe. Unfortunately, if you want something at eBay, even if you're prepared to pay a (...) (25 years ago, 19-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| (...) who may not have any idea of what the market is like. The high bidder may be someone who has been sniped too many times in trying to get this set to complete his collection. I'd chalk it up to two snipers running afoul of each other except for (...) (25 years ago, 18-Nov-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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