Posted on 09/23/2007 7:46:56 AM PDT by paulat
LOL, that's good!
G’night!
The “trick” with eBay is that you’ve gotta lie low until the bidding clock gets down inside the final minute or less. If you don’t play the “snipe” game, there’ll be many auctions you end up getting outbid on in the last few seconds.
Figure out what’s the MOST you’re willing to pay for the item in question, open two side-by-side windows of the auction page, get all the way up to where you’re set to confirm your bid, all the while refreshing the other window to keep an eye on the current bid amount. If the current bid, stays below your figure, with two seconds or less on the clock, submit your bid.
If the bid goes above your figure as the auction nears its close, decide whether to try to beat it or let the item go.
If you decide to go for it, enter your new figure, and submit it before the time runs out.
Winning depends on how “hot” the item is, and whether any “snipers” were out there who submitted a higher bid than you in the last two or three seconds.
I’ve always maintaned that eBay could be improved 100% if the auction clock were used as a baseline, and bidding would be allowed to continue after expiration as long as successive bids were being submitted within ten seconds of each other. Once a bid were submitted without a following bid within ten seconds THEN the auction would officially end, and the item would go to the last, high bidder.
That approach would replicate the classic auction close, “Going once...going twice...going three times...SOLD!”
ALSO, it would net hgigher final bids, making both the sellers, and eBay more profitable. Buyers would complain about paying more, but they’d benefit from the elimination of this last-second sniping that is characteristic of the site, now.
I figured that out pretty quickly, but also figured out that the item I was interested in was for some time to come going to go for more than I was ready to pay.
For items that are current, or “in demand”, you’ll can end up paying just as much on eBay as if you’d bought it Retail, occasionally more.
If you want things on the inexpensive side, places like Craig’s List are the way to go; private parties unloading the stuff they bought but only used once, often for way less than they paid for it.
Ah! Look at the time!
Going to bid everyone, “Good evening,” and go ‘play’ in traffic.
Later!
Good night, to you and all (and nobody if he’s logged in)!
Last Post?
Good morning.
Rrrod was pointing out yesterday that one can find lots of illegal aliens at Wal-mart. I was thinking of getting one to do some yardwork, now that we’ve had all this rain.
Up to about 2” total now.
That’s why my day was drippy yesterday.
It doesn’t take me long to be ready for sunshine again.
Me, either -- but we could use another ten inches over the next two weeks. With a break for the weekends and Hallowe'en.
My wife was talking about snow when she said she’d like nine inches.
I told her that I was willing to accommodate her, but I’d have to make more than one trip.
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I’m outta here.
Seeya!
Elvis has left the building...
So keep your clothes on!
Gotta keep my clothes on. I’m at work... ;-)
Boring job?
*yawn*
Morning, Ganag!
You have no idea. Tier 1 phone support. It was a temp job and I needed gas money. This is the closest I’ve been to feeling like a whore...
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