I got involved with a bidding war over some filters for Yashica TLR's. I
won the filters and other stuff but thought I paid more than they were
worth. The seller contacted me and said that he didn't anticipate the price
going up that high. He decided to pay for the postage and shipping to get
my items to me because of the price.
I don't get into bidding wars anymore. If there is something I am
interested in I will place the price I am willing to pay, which will be way
up beyond the opening bid. Sometimes I win this way, sometimes I don't.
Jim A.
> From: "aimcompute" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2001 09:33:14 -0600
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Winning on eBay
>
> True... Joke noticed :) - and I think it happens. There's been times that
> I've bid significantly higher than I wanted to pay because I really wanted
> an item, and I still get outbid. When that happens I don't bid again.
>
> Tom C.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Peter Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2001 7:13 PM
> Subject: Re: Winning on eBay
>
>
>> To get a price that's unreasonably high it would seem to me that at least
>> two bidders would have to have to big an ego to quit. :)
>>
>> At 05:15 PM 7/7/2001 -0600, you wrote:
>>> I've seen this happen too, but the advantage of doing it this way is that
>>> the bidding war ***may not*** (I did not say will not) continue over a
>>> several day period therefore needlessly driving the price unreasonably
> high
>>> because some bidder has too big of an ego to lose.
>>>
>>> It also ***may*** help prevent "fake bids" from the seller or his
> friends.
>>> There is no reason for other potential bidders to bid up if no one has
> bid
>>> yet or no one has outbid them.
>>>
>>> Of course other bidders can bid round the clock whether you wait to bid
> or
>>> not. But at least ***you*** won't be participating in driving the price
> up
>>> needlessly. In the last few seconds your bid at the highest you're
> willing
>>> to pay. If you win, you win.
>>>
>>> At least that's my opinion.
>>>
>>> Tom C.
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Mike Johnston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>> Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2001 3:50 PM
>>> Subject: Winning on eBay
>>>
>>>
>>>> Bob S wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Be patient.
>>>>> Find something that is poorly described.
>>>>> Mark the item and check it's progress on the last day of auction.
>>>>> Don't place a bid until the last 30 seconds.
>>>>> Sacrifice a small goat to the gods of the Internet.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Good advice, but I recently followed the progress of a rare screwmount
>>> item,
>>>> not intending to buy. For seven days, nothing at all. No bids. Then,
> five
>>>> bids in the last 58 seconds of the auction! The price jumped and the
> item
>>>> sold.
>>>>
>>>> Er, sorry, the item was "won." By the guy with the most money. <g>
>>>>
>>>> --Mike
>>>>
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