[pure-silver] Re: pure-silver Digest V4 #129

Sniping is probably a good idea. At the very least, you avoid people who compulsively raise bids, rather than bidding the highest amount they'll pay up front. 

I use eSnipe, and have found it quite reliable:

http://newsite.esnipe.com/

Bob Marvin
On Thursday, May 24, 2007, at 11:04 PM, FreeLists Mailing List Manager wrote: 


Re: buying photo stuff on ebay

Shannon Stoney wrote:


I hope this is not too (shamefully) off topic. I know a lot of people
on this list shop on ebay for cameras, etc.  Well, I just was doing
the same, and I have a question.  I had a bid in on an item, and my
highest bid was $100, but for a whole day the price stayed at $66.  I
ended up "winning" the auction, but at the very last minute , the
bidding went up to my highest bid, $100.

That made me a little suspicious.  I wondered if a seller could get a
friend to bid up an item. But then I thought:  how would they know
when to stop?  They might by accident bid over my highest amount and
end up buying the item. So, was this just bad luck?  Or next time
should I put in a lower highest bid? Or a less obvious highest bid,
like $98?

--shannon


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