Hi Tracy and List, Yeah, it's a good feeling when you place an early bid and forget about it. Then a week later you get an email from eBay saying you won the item for a fraction of your maximum bid. I like it when that happens. :)
Best regards, MikeG On 3/18/10, tracy latimer <daist...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > I vary in my bidding methods, depending on the current bid, how many people > are bidding, how much I want the item... People snipe so that they have the > best chance of getting the item for as cheaply as possible. Usually I bid > my maximum as late as possible; if I can, manually sniping in the last few > seconds. This puts my bid in late enough so that others can't 'top' it or > raise it and make me pay more. I may put in an absentee bid early on if I > know I won't be online when the auction is closing. I don't always win my > item, but often enough I do, and for less than I was willing to pay, that it > works for me. > > That's my story, and I'm stickin' to it. ;) > > Best! > Tracy Latimer > > _________________________________________________________________ > Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. > http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/210850553/direct/01/ > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > -- ------------------------------------------------------------ Mike Gilmer - Galactic Stone & Ironworks Meteorites http://www.galactic-stone.com http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone ------------------------------------------------------------ ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
