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Re: Crossbow boat auction
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lugnet.market.theory
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Date:
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Fri, 19 Nov 1999 21:05:55 GMT
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Mike Stanley wrote:
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> Scott-A <s.arthur@hw.ac.uk> wrote:
> > 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.
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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.
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> Unfortunately, if you want something at eBay, even if you're
> prepared to pay a lot for it, the system is setup to favor you if
> you place your bid very near the end of the auction. As slow as
> their servers run I didn't even get the bid notice until an hour
> after the auction ended.
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> I've been sniped before. That's how you have to play if you want to
> win at eBay.
Not necessarily. These days I rarely get sniped. And I rarely snipe or
put in near last minute bids myself. I do often raise my proxy maximum a
few hours before the end of the auction when I decide, yes, I really do
want that lot.
You just need to put in good bids, and realize that occaisionally an
item will go for close to your maximum bid (but most of the items I lose
on have several people who outbid me so it goes above my maximum).
--
Frank Filz
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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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