Last second Ebay outbidders, I hate em

[jbd]

I always wait till the last 15-20 seconds to submit on ebay and more times than not end up with the deal, unless the pricing is getting out of hand.

I saw a Halcyon ACB20 sell yesterday for more than you can buy it new. Go Figure.

Frank

Its pretty common to see stuff sell for more at auction than it would cost brand new. I've heard farmers crab and complain about the price of a new farm gate at the dealer and then been standing nearby at an auction and watch them spend 30% more for used gates :06: I guess its the competitive nature in us.

 

[CincyBengalsFan]

All I know is I like it. Log books I sold @ $19.99 in shop go for around $25.00 bucks on ebay plus they have to pay shipping. They probably could have gone to leisure pro and bought the identical item for 18 bucks with shipping included. I don't feel sorry for 1 person on ebay wether they get the deal of the century or get totally screwed.

Ebay'ers are quick to always think they got a great deal on whatever. I know of a diver that bought a set of great knives (cutlery by Henkel) at what he still thinks is "The best price ever". I chuckled at him and left him alone to believe what he wanted to believe.

I bought a floating cooler for the quarry on ebay. I paid $19.99 for it plus 5 bucks shipping. I had never seen one before and I really wanted it.

About a week later I'm in Bed Bath & Beyond and of course there is a similar cooler for $19.99 plus sales tax. Oh well. My loss.

 

[yknot]

The ones that really bug me, sniping aside, are the ones that end at like 1 AM Pacific time. No way am I going to be in front of a computer at 4AM my time. In those cases, I set a max bid and either win or lose. Great thing about ebay is that a similar chance will come along in a week. I've never been an ebay seller- does it cost something to list an item that doesn't sell? I sure hope it costs something for the online sellers that list an item with a note that says "no reserve" and then shows a minimum bid very close to the "buy it now" price. I keep seeing the same listings expire without a bid and then reappear in a day or so.

 

[Kat]

I am shocked at what people will bid on. I once sold a ratty, used pair of toy pom pons, that were my daughters. Got them at Toys R Us for about $6.00 Five years later I put them up for sale and there is a bidding war. They sell for $25.00

All I can say, on my way to the bank, is what a bunch of dumb a$$es!

 

[Scuba-Bill]

One method I use to win an auction is to put in an initial bid to test the waters. After that first bid has been out bid I do not bid until the last minute.

Have two browsers open. One browser on the product page to follow the bidding and a second on the final bid submission page for the same product. As the auction is winding down continually refresh the first browser window watching the price. Assuming the price has not exceeded the maximum you are willing to pay, submit your bid in the second browser when the first browser has about 5-10 seconds remaining. When done right all you have to do is press the submit button once and you have committed to the auction.

Other bidders will not be able to refresh and rebid before the end of the auction. Someone using a bid agent will take the auction if the bid is higher than yours. Also, those using Sniper software could possibly ace you out of the deal, but most of the time you will win.

Good luck and happy bidding!

 

[drbill]

I've never used a sniping site to bid. Although I have a dial-up connection, I time what it takes from the minute I press my key until I get a response from E-Bay, and use that plus 2-3 seconds as the interval I use to place a bid prior to closing. Of course it doesn't always work, but often enough.

Don't like sniping myself.

Doc

 

[cdennyb]

go to bidnapper.com and join. I've got 95%+ of my bids won. I now own about 12K$ worth of dive gear and only paid around 4K$ for all of it. Buy low and sell high. Gotta luv it.
db

 

[O2Addict]

I am also guilty of snipping.

What I do is submit the highest bid I am prepared to pay at 10secs, from the end.

Only way to do it.

 

[chrisd18e]

Yeah, OK I do it quite a bit myself. I doesnt make sense to bid yourself up. Also, if theres only say one other serious buyer, theres no point in letting him know you want it too. While ebay will proxy bid for you, that will also increase the price as the other guy gets irritated that he's still the low bidder. My advice, figure out the most you would want to spend and enter that at about the last 1hr to 30min before it ends. Then assuming the "sniper" doesnt have a higher max bid, he wont have time to bid again. Last year I bought a Seadoo jetski on ebay, used it over the summer, and put it back on ebay last month. It sold for $600 more than I paid last year. Gotta love it.

 

[J75]

I often use Vrane:
http://bin.vrane.com/login.htm?url=55638920681383

It's free to use. I have sold on eBay for years and I've never had any "moral" objection to someone snipping my auctions. it just means more money for my item. Just bid the maximum you're willing to pay and if some one snipes you, then it doesn't matter because you didn't want to pay that much to begin with. IMHO some peopleget upset on losing in principle instead of losing the item. Just my $.02.