[rollei_list] Re: Sniping on ebay: Was Camera show decline
- From: ERoustom <eroustom@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 09:20:20 -0500
Ok, which one of you sniped me out the P11 projector last night !?
On Feb 27, 2008, at 11:48 PM, Laurence Cuffe wrote:
> 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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