Nothing worth having ever came easily...............................................Don C.
----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2007 11:17 AM Subject: Re: [time-nuts] OT: eBay bidding question > > In a message dated 4/28/2007 15:59:47 Pacific Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > writes: > >>I believe this is correct, that is where sniping does not work too well >>(manually or automatically). If you wait for the last second, and your >>bid is below the reserve, you may not even realize until after the >>auction is over. It actually still works the way I want it to. I bid as >>high as I am willing to pay, and if it's too low, I don't get the item. >>Pretty simple. Frustrating, but simple :-) > > > Well, you can also contact the seller after the auction and offer them to > buy the item A) in a private auction B) outside of Ebay (against their > rules I > think, not sure if this counts for failed auctions as well), or tell them > to > relist it with a more realistic price. One would be surprised how many > sellers > are just itching to get rid of their items, even below their original > reserve once they went through an unsuccessful listing... One just has to > be a bit > resourcefull. > > Also, a reserve if used successfully is a way to prevent having to sell an > item well below a pain point to the seller. A reserve with a low initial > bid > is a way to get around human nature and make people start bidding, which - > as > said earlier by someone else - will make the flock go crazy once an > initial > (low) bid has been placed by someone. It's all about human nature. > > The most interesting experience about auction addiction (similar to > gambling > addiction in my opinion) is going to a real life Test & Measurement > auction, > and seeing the unsuspecting crowd sit in front and the following happen: > > * Bidders bid against themselves. This happened so far in every auction > I > went to. The Auctioneer just loves these kinds of naive folks, and it > makes > for nice entertainment. > > * Bidders bid against an imaginary bidder, the auctioneer will call a > bid > from the "back" of the room that does not exist. Who can prove this > happened. Thats why the professional bidders sit as far back in the room > as possible. > I have also witnessed this numerous times. > > * Bidders get into an adrenaline rush, and bid up items far beyond > their > new retail price. One would be surprised, this happens ALL the time, > especially for high-desirability items such as laptops etc. > > * Bidders will buy sight-unseen. I went to a recent auction where there > were about 12 Agilent Spectrum analyzers for sale. Most of them had > stickers on > them "Repair" etc. I tried them all, all of them broken in one way or > another. Again human nature prevailed and folks bought them in a buying > frenzy with > no return right for outrageous prices (far above what one would pay on > Ebay) > - the pro's were just sitting back and asking themselves what in gods > name > is going on - LOL. > > Ebay is great if you have a good strategy on how to use it. No buyers > premium, world-wide sourcing, $2K insurance, great prices if you wait long > enough. > I have so far found everything I needed on it at the price I wanted to > pay. > For one item (a 2GHz scope plug-in) this took me over two years to do, but > in > the end I got it :) > > bye, > Said > > > > ************************************** See what's free at > http://www.aol.com. > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.6.2/779 - Release Date: 4/28/2007 > 3:32 PM > > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list [email protected] https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
