[pure-silver] Re: buying photo stuff on ebay
- From: Ray Rogers <earthsoda@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 18:39:20 -0700 (PDT)
--- Dave James <charlie_5oclock@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Will
> you still bid if the auction ends (or extends) at
> 3AM?
Well, that is exactly what I did tonight... in order
to get two things I wanted!
The problem with the max bid system, in my opinion, is
that it is inflexible. Yet in fact there is little,
indeed, very little difference between a maximum bid
and one a dollar or two higher... so there is some
room for a certain amount of rethinking and
manervuering without differing significantly from what
one initally calculated on spending.
I dont want to offer to pay a 1000 (and possibly have
to do so) just because I do not know what is going on
in the othe guys mind...
I guess if you are just buying common items, it is not
really important, but I think there ARE a lot of
unique items, and even very similiar things do sell
over a pretty wide range of price...
> So you're in favor of a system that forces every
> interested party to be at their computer as the
> auction comes to a close?
I dont use or look at those auctions as regular places
to buy daily goods... but rather a place to find
something special, that I cant find elsewhere.
How successful do you
> think that would be in a 24/7 global market?
dunno... dont really understand the question.
Will
> you still bid if the auction ends (or extends) at
> 3AM?
Yes if thats what it takes to get what I want...
> There are very few unique items listed on eBay. If
> you do a bit of research, you can get an idea of
> what an item will sell for, and then you can decide
> how much you're willing to pay.
>
> Once you've done that, place your proxy bid and
> walk away.
Sure, if you dont REALLY care if you get the item or
not.
The more you want the item, however, the less
attractive this method becomes....
Ray
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> Bill Stephenson <photographica@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Ray -
>
> Ever since I became aware of eBay, I've wished that
> they'd to to what
> you describe as the "Japanese system". Let's have a
> REAL auction -
> one that doesn't end until no one will raise the
> bid. I'm a regular
> brick-and-mortar auction-goer, and I know that my
> bid isn't the
> winning one until the auctioneer pauses, looks
> around the room one
> last time, and then says "SOLD". That's the way it
> should be - honest
> competition down to the last bid.
>
> If eBay were to set itself up so that an auction had
> a "target time"
> at which it would end - but only after a two-minute
> period of
> inactivity. Then we could all take part in a real
> "auction", not a
> "timed sale" (or something - I don't really know
> what to call an eBay
> sale).
>
> Until and unless they do this, well...I'll just keep
> on using eBay as
> it is!
>
> -Bill
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