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Post by Dave Kelly on Jul 15, 2015 22:46:16 GMT
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Just knew that damned M1822 Heavy Officer etched and gilded blade was going to sell for 1000.00. I couldn't cover the end of auction time and could cover more than 750.00 for a bid. I went to work without bidding and tha @&!*grrrr&!! sold for a lousy 565.00 AAAAARRGH!!!!
( Just as well I guess, Albion called and said my Principe was ready to ship. Right on schedule. WOuld have been a squeeze shoe horning the M1822 between the Pricipe and the Earl. but, but but. Whaaaaaa Wha Wha. Sniff snurt....)
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Post by randomnobody on Jul 15, 2015 23:24:22 GMT
I've had a couple of auctions end like that. A while back I was watching something I'd have been willing to go up to $350 for (I'm broke, I can't do the fancy stuff) but expected it to go $500+ easy. Blasted thing didn't clear $270. Oh well...
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Post by Uhlan on Jul 16, 2015 5:39:19 GMT
JBidwatcher...JBidwatcher...JBidwatcher...
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Post by Sean (Shadowhowler) on Jul 16, 2015 7:47:13 GMT
I think everyone has had this experience... I have had it happen many, MANY times. Tho my most annoying Ebay experience was getting in a bidding war with a fellow forumite and driving up the price for no reason. If he and I had know we were both bidding on it, we could have just made an arrangement that one of us would get it... and at a much lower cost.
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Post by LG Martial Arts on Jul 16, 2015 13:23:50 GMT
I've used Auction Sniper on ocassions when I can't wait around for something on eBay to end... great proxy bidder.
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Post by randomnobody on Jul 16, 2015 15:19:50 GMT
I don't personally care for the ethics of sniping and bots, but I've been very tempted to look into them because I'm tired of losing to them.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2015 17:47:42 GMT
Ebay maximum bids work as a proxy (snipe) for you. The better sniping programs have a fee. Depending on your ip connection, the Ebay proxy will often beat third party and manual sniping. The high end apps add the next increment at the last moment and can beat the Ebay bot. While I have manually sniped and beat the bots, I more often use Gixen. For a small annual, it offers a mirror server but is still limited to 3 seconds. More money apps shave down the margin further, some trumping with an increment. Any way you approach it, set your own maximum. Manually bidding (and the Ebay proxy) during the auction often defeats its own purpose, as it advertises interest. Don't worry, be happy At the least, you should harvest images of items of great interest, you can even do that via a collection gallery at Ebay but I prefer to have the images on drives.
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Post by Dave Kelly on Jul 16, 2015 21:18:48 GMT
Always farm pics ;)
What really drives me nuts isn't that I lost the bid, but that the sword went so disrespectfully cheap and I could have had it myself...
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2015 2:02:18 GMT
Ya, I often post the cuties I know I can't budget in hope the extended family adopts them but I do whimper as well when I see stuff go less than low street prices. The market continues to be a bit soft. On the flip side, I see some real junk fetching ridiculous prices. Some of the asking prices absurdly high as well, not a good thing for the less informed.
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Post by screwtape on Jul 17, 2015 12:49:13 GMT
Always farm pics ;) What really drives me nuts isn't that I lost the bid, but that the sword went so disrespectfully cheap and I could have had it myself... >:D Whenever this happens to me on eBay or some other auction site, I always just remind myself that there is in fact no guarantee that I would have won the auction with one bid higher anyway. All that might have happened is that the winning bidder might have simply paid a slightly higher price and the item would have gone home with the same person anyway. IOW, that guy who got your lusted-after sword for $565 because you didn't even bother bidding might equally well have got it anyway if you HAD bid -- he would just have done so for one bid over your limit, is all.
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Post by Dave Kelly on Jul 17, 2015 13:54:21 GMT
I don't want no stinking consolation! I love to abuse myself with wailing and forehead bashing. It' more...more... OPERATIC :)
I just outsmarted meself. Felt it was worth a 1000.00 and my limit was a soft 750.00 ( too many other pokers in the fire...) The guy who won the sword looks like a retailer. It's going to pop up with one of the dealers very soon. I just kick myself for not having put my best offer down. Pretty good percentage it would have stuck after all. Too many bidders bailed out.
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Post by Afoo on Jul 17, 2015 14:36:59 GMT
Eh - more money for other swords later on :P
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Post by Uhlan on Jul 17, 2015 17:41:39 GMT
,,I don't want no stinking consolation! I love to abuse myself with wailing and forehead bashing. It' more...more... OPERATIC :) ''.
And might I say: We love good opera? Sure it will pop up at some dealer. For that price it cannot miss. Ebay doing the bidding for you just drives up the price and Ebay and the seller love that. Best to wait and see where the price goes. There is no sense in early bidding. At all.
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Post by Dave Kelly on Jul 17, 2015 17:41:56 GMT
Only if I start selling things I don't want to :(
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Post by randomnobody on Jul 17, 2015 20:27:59 GMT
I get a kick out of seeing brand-new auctions that already have a substantial number of bids, makes me wonder if the bidders don't realize there's a "watch" button or the alternative of the wannabe eBay ninja: bookmark the auction page.
I've got several pieces in my watch list, one of great interest has been decreasing in Buy It Now cost steadily. Unfortunately, I won't have any funds to play with for a good, long while. The item in question started at $385, if memory serves, and is currently at $298. If it gets to $250, I might just borrow from the bank...
There was another piece once that I really wanted, starting bid was less than $100. I had no money at all, but watched the auction tick down for the last minute, where the price shot up quickly, finally ending under $300. Kicked myself to this day for having just spent every penny I'd managed to gather up...
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Post by Afoo on Jul 17, 2015 22:50:37 GMT
I get a kick out of seeing brand-new auctions that already have a substantial number of bids, makes me wonder if the bidders don't realize there's a "watch" button or the alternative of the wannabe eBay ninja: bookmark the auction page. [...] Eh, I do it all the time - slap down my max bid and leave it. Prevents bid creep. Also work/travel schedule often means I am not necessarily around when a given auction ends. Besides, buying swords is a hobby after all, not a job. I don't want to have to work like a stockbroker on wall street. Enough work to be done at, well, work :P
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Post by randomnobody on Jul 17, 2015 22:59:15 GMT
I suppose there's also that line of thought, but I prefer to hold off and see how things go before placing my own bid.
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Post by Afoo on Jul 17, 2015 23:23:03 GMT
Or I am just lazy
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Post by randomnobody on Jul 17, 2015 23:31:15 GMT
Or, you know, whatever.
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