[rollei_list] Re: Sniping on ebay: Was Camera show decline
- From: Laurence Cuffe <cuffe@xxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 20:48:46 -0800
I just bid the highest price I'm prepared to pay, and let ebay do the rest. The
highest price is not the "wouldn't it be great if I got it for that price"
rather its the price at which you expect buyers remorse to set in if you do
turn out to be the highest bidder.
If its a commodity item i.e. one where there will be 60-100 up in any given
week, you just do your homework, find the average price, and pick a number
below or above that depending on how long you are prepared to wait.
If its rare or exotic I know how much its worth to me and if it goes above that
I just feel I've done the seller a service by pushing up the price. I don't
get annoyed as I know that if I had to pay more, I wouldn't have been happy.
My key thought is just this: A fair price is what I'm prepared to pay.
All the best
Larry cuffe
On Wednesday, February 27, 2008, at 08:49PM, <chatanooga@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>The few times I've used Ebay I've 'manually' sniped - simply put in my bid a
>few seconds before the end at the maximum level I'm prepared to pay for it.
>I've either got it at or close to this price, or not at all, rather than
>get sucked into paying more in a bidding frenzy. Looking at bid histories
>everyone else seems to be playing the same game. This is in effect makes
>most of the auctions more like the sealed-bid practice often used over here
>for buying houses.
>Having been watching for one hotly-desired camera recently on e-bay I'd be
>more concerned about 'shilling': I've seen one or 2 items go for well over
>the odds and then suddenly re-appear a few days later.
>Chat
>On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 12:34 AM, Allen Graves <ahgraves@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> I've always thought that eBay would better serve its customers if a
>> rule was made that no one could bid in the last 2 min. of an auction
>> if they had not placed an earlier bid-even if it was not the high one.
>> That would end a lot of the most obnoxious sniping.
>>
>> Allen
>>
>>
>> On Feb 27, 2008, at 6:18 PM, Walker Smith wrote:
>>
>> > Anyone who puts in a bid 60 seconds prior to the auction closing isn't
>> > sniping; they're asking - begging - to be sniped in the final few
>> > seconds of an auction. Unless, of course, their bid is the winning one
>> > anyway.
>> >
>> > Anyone who submits their highest bid well in advance of an auction
>> > close
>> > is likely to pay more for the item than if they bid the same amount in
>> > the final few seconds. Why? Because it's an invitation for someone to
>> > submit gradually higher bids in an effort to find your high bid. I see
>> > it often.
>> >
>> > I've won an auction by one penny and a recent one by 85 cents.
>> >
>> > Whether you agree with sniping or not, it's a fact of life on ebay.
>> > Another fact about ebay is that the bargains and the better quality
>> > cameras and lenses are getting harder to find and more expensive when
>> > they do appear..... just as Marc has said.
>> >
>> > I don't ebay much any more because I have more than I need and there's
>> > very little I want.
>> >
>> >
>> > Walker
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