same here ...
-pete
On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 4:46 PM, <TexasRF@aol.com> wrote:
> So, the answer is bid the maximum you are willing to pay and let the system
> protect you. Let the fools/snipers pay $100 more than it is worth.
>
> I have on a couple of occasions been outbid only to have the winning bidder
> claim he mistakenly placed his bid and I ended up with the item at a very
> reasonable price.
>
> 73,
> Gerald K5GW
>
>
>
>
> In a message dated 10/8/2010 5:36:09 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
> Gudguyham@aol.com writes:
>
>
>
> In a message dated 10/8/2010 5:56:46 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> flymooney@gmail.com writes:
>
> I don't understand why everyone gets so mad at the "snipers". I always
> just bid the maximum amount I want to pay and leave it at that. If
> someone outbids me at the last minute, then who cares? It is more than I
> wanted to pay anyway.
>
>
> Absolutely correct!!! Often times however you will lose the item for the
> next highest bid increment which usually is not that much that you would
> have minded paying. The problem is in many cases someone else may have
> bid
> MUCH MORE than the next bid increment and won it anyway. In reality you
> would have had to bid much more than the next bid increment. Did you ever
>
> wonder why "sometimes" an item on EBAY would sell for much more than the
> going
> price? Mainly because 2 or more people want to make sure they get the
> item
> so they figure they will bid like $100.00 more than what it would normally
> sell for and they feel confident they will win it for a fraction of the
> $100.00. Then some comes along and bids $125.00 more. Now that bidder
> pays
> $100.00+ more than he may have anticipated. He wins it, but pays dearly
> and the seller makes out like a bandit. Lou
>
>
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