On 10/8/2010 7:46 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.
There is a bit of a problem with this and it's not uncommon. If you are
the winning bidder and the level is not what the seller would like AND
the prices less than your maximum bit, "some one" will bid high enough
to win. Then they retract the bid saying they made a mistake and bid the
wrong amount. The way e-bay is set up the price does not revert to what
it was before they bid, but rather to your maximum bid. It's an easy
way for them to push the bid up to your maximum. I've had that happen,
but fortunately it only cost me a few dollars. OTOH it can at times cost
substantially. True you were willing to go that high (if necessary) but
the seller though a proxy bidder pushed the price up quite a bit higher
than you would have had to pay. The price should really revert to the
previous bid, but doesn't.
I have no problem with the sniping as your auto bid or max will take
care of outbidding all but those who actually bid more than you are
willing to go.
73
Roger (K8RI)
>
> 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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