Kirby McDaniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Sniping rules except in the case of malfunction which does happen
sometimes. So
it isn't entirely foolproof.
But on anything I am want to get absolutely, I will snipe.
Many things I bid on to support the price and to ADVERTISE. Bidding
is great advertising.
In my book, the best way for a collector to have the best chance of
acquiring something is to bid openly at a very brisk level and add a
snipe at the end. Show
some respect for the poster.
Kirby McDaniel
www.movieart.net
On Jun 11, 2006, at 5:26 PM, JR wrote:
> Roland and Michael,
>
> Absolutely. This is a great example of what not to do if you are
> "martinjurb". In this day of sniping it is a *terrible* mistake to
> put in
> your real maximum amount in the early bid. That's suicidal if there is
> going to any significant interest in the item from others. You can
> put in
> an bid just to "test the waters" and stake your claim to first-bid
> status
> and maybe try to gauge interest. You might even make the hidden
> maximum on
> your early bid an amount that is part-way to real maximum amount
> you're
> willing to pay, but that's all. You enter your REAL maximum amount
> in the
> sniper program. Otherwise a sniper (or a shill) can just keep
> running up
> your bid -- and either flush out your maximum and win by a smidgen
> more...
> or simply make you pay more than you would have otherwise.
>
> -- JR
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Roland Lataille"
> To:
> Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2006 17:20
> Subject: Re: [MOPO] SNIPING !!!!!!!!!!!!
>
>
>> Your right. Look at the bids on this 2001: a space odyssey
>> postcard. If
> martinjurb had sniped, stranamore1964 would of put in a bid of
> 46.99 at
> 8:25:06 and would be the high bidder until martinjurb sniped and
> won for
> 47.99 instead of paying 97.99.
>>
>> http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&item=9144560910
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Michael Bwrote: i have asked,
> rhetorically, before: I DEFY ANYONE TO TELL ME A SINGLE
> ADVANTAGE IN
> BIDDING EARLY.
>>
>> the only time that i have seen it work is when a well known bidder
> meets a high reserve early (where it implies, rightly or wrongly,
> there's
> a lot more available because this person REALLY wants it), where
> it acts
> as a deterrent from those seeking a "steal".
>>
>> (i was surprised to get an item 2 years ago when my snipe had
>> already
> been placed for 760, the reserve was met at 400 4 days before the
> auction
> ended....and i got it for about 746. the auction showed the 400
> for 4
> days,,,,til the very end with 2 other snipers besdes me. it was THE
> BISHOP'S WIFE insert.)
>>
>> all new ebayers are shocked by sniping, when they think that they
> "got" the item for a few days, until reality sets in during the
>>
>> i, also, collect french enamelware on ebay. check this link of 2
> novices outbidding each other:
>>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?
> ViewItem&item=6286138009&rd=1&sspagen
> ame=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1
>>
>> wouldn't it have sold for less had there only been snipers? i
>> might
> have bid on this as a snipe, but................the true value of
> this
> item was lost in the bidding frenzy war.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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