3. Waiting to the end before bidding, and then getting
hung up by the technology!
(In some cases you might get to the last step and then
e-bay may inform you the seller has not stated he will
accept bids from your country, etc., etc.
By the way, In Japan, the bidding is done on another
crazy system... once you get used to it, it may be
better, but the first time I experienced it I thought
I was hallucinating!
There, the bid end time is extended about 5 or 10
minutes to allow someone to out bid you! (Just when I
thought I had won... the auction was extended and
other bids started pouring in! I didn't know what to
do, but finally fought back and finally "won" the
bidding game.
I really don't know which is the most peaceful, buyer
friendly "game", but at least with the Japanese method
you have a chance to bid in real time and you do not
have to bid blindly while offering your entire life
savings as insurance that you will win.
Enough said already too much said.
Ray Rogers
'Winning' isn't always winning.
J
"All that glitters isn't all that glitters"
ps
--- Georges Giralt <georges.giralt@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Bill ,
If you use a sniper, you will often "win" auction
just doing what you
want. Bidding early just make the price go high
because people seeing
the low price arre tempted to bid on it. Refraining
to bid up to the
last minute ensure the price will stay at a minimum
(if everyone stick
to this) if it doesn't stay low, you won't "win" it
because it is above
the threshold you make....
I was a user of Auction sniper but their prices are
high, a friend of
mine gave me bidninja address and I'm delighted !
Try it, it's really fun to get emails saying "you've
won" and be happy
to keep your budget OK ;-)!!
bill harting a écrit :
Shannon, I usually do what I think you did on
Ebay, decide what I'm
willing to pay, make the bid and that's that. I
don't sit waiting for
the auction to end, and though I have "sniped" my
rule is not to second
guess myself. Until later. I hate to lose things
by a dollar, but who
knows how high the winning bidder might have been
willing to go?
Bill
Shannon Stoney wrote:
I've always thought it was sort of funny that
ebay uses that term,
"win." As in, "You won!" It seems to imply that
you got it for free.
Maybe they should say instead, "You bought it!"
Of course, the desire to "win" is what fuels
bidding I suppose. Next
time I'll wait till near the end to bid. I've
been a seller on ebay
more than I've been a buyer, so I guess I'm sort
of naive about the
buying process.
--shannon
'Winning' isn't always winning.
J
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