GOD I HATE IDIOT BIDDERS ON EBAY

[Looney]

Originally posted by: mundane

Originally posted by: tk149

Originally posted by: Looney
I don't snipe. I just put in the max i'm willing to pay for said item and just leave it at that. I don't have time to pay attention to every auction until the last minute.

:thumbsup: Me too. If I don't win, it wasn't worth it. I really don't understand sniping. My only guess is that those who use it aren't able to put a maximum price that they are willing to pay on an item, or are bidding on multiple items at the same time.

Sniping is effective because of the 'teh n00bs'. They're bidding on an item. Someone outbids them, and then they re-evaluate what they're willing to pay. And so on. Their behavior makes it more likely for me to win by sniping than putting in my max bid 4 days before the auction expires.

Or you can say that without sniping, you're not caught in the heat of the moment and bid without thinking, ending up with an item you would pay more than you're willing to otherwise.

Like i said, i simply put in what i'm willing to pay, and don't even bother checking back. If i win, great, if i don't, i go find something else.

 

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

OP what's your complaint? Makes for a terrific seller's market

 

[shortspanishguy]

I use a service that snipes for me.

 

[SuPrEIVIE]

snipers can be easily beaten you just ignore the auction until only 1 minute is left, thats when you work that browser baby

 

[Gibson486]

I find that it does not really matter if I snipe or not. I have won by sniping and not sniping. When I snipe, I usually end up payoing more than what i want to buy. talk about buyers remorse.

 

[jupiter57]

Originally posted by: Pale Rider

Originally posted by: Looney
I don't snipe. I just put in the max i'm willing to pay for said item and just leave it at that. I don't have time to pay attention to every auction until the last minute.

Same here. If I win I win, if not, oh well. I'll just find another auction for the same thing and bid again.

Me too.

I have come to the point where if it's not listed as "Buy it Now", I just pass on by.
The above statement is not applicable to rare items I want, but even on those I still use my "Max. willing to pay" protocol.

 

[Gibson486]

Originally posted by: jupiter57

Originally posted by: Pale Rider

Originally posted by: Looney
I don't snipe. I just put in the max i'm willing to pay for said item and just leave it at that. I don't have time to pay attention to every auction until the last minute.

Same here. If I win I win, if not, oh well. I'll just find another auction for the same thing and bid again.

Me too.

I have come to the point where if it's not listed as "Buy it Now", I just pass on by.
The above statement is not applicable to rare items I want, but even on those I still use my "Max. willing to pay" protocol.

yeah, i can usually figure out what the auction will end at. So when I see x amount of bidders, I just pass on it because I know there will be an influx of snipers that will make the price rise.

 

[chowderhead]

Originally posted by: meltdown75
eBay rox0rz my b0x0rz today. I listed a used 135mm lens for my SLR last night - 7 day listing and someone used Buy It Now within 1 hour. w00tisms

that usually means that your BIN price was too low. maybe it was luck but more likely, you could have sold it more money.

Edit: hopefully, you did a search of the completed items list for your item to get a price point.

 

[dleiss]

I am amazed of the number of people that bid on Craftsman, Gillette, and Quattro, to name a few brands, that bid higher than the list price BEFORE shipping. Its so easy to check the price!!

The sellers are laughing all the way to the bank.

 

[MotionMan]

Originally posted by: dleiss
I am amazed of the number of people that bid on Craftsman, Gillette, and Quattro, to name a few brands, that bid higher than the list price BEFORE shipping. Its so easy to check the price!!

The sellers are laughing all the way to the bank.

I like ebay, both as a seller and a buyer.

However, there are some complete idiots out there. I am convinced that if I listed a one dollar bill, at least 30% of the time, it will sell for more than $1.00 (Hmmmm, I may have to try that).

MotionMan

 

[Tuktuk]

Ah I remember the days where I could use a second account to inflate my prices... brilliant.

 

[meltdown75]

Originally posted by: chowderhead

Originally posted by: meltdown75
eBay rox0rz my b0x0rz today. I listed a used 135mm lens for my SLR last night - 7 day listing and someone used Buy It Now within 1 hour. w00tisms

that usually means that your BIN price was too low. maybe it was luck but more likely, you could have sold it more money.

Edit: hopefully, you did a search of the completed items list for your item to get a price point.

indeed. it was actually a "reBay" - i bought 2 lenses a while back and simply re-sold this one because i liked the other one more.

truth be told, i intentionally sold the item for less, but i only lost $10 on it. i paid $50 for it and sold it for $40. shipping was the same. i don't mind... i kind of think of it as renting that lens for $10 for the time i had it

 

[DrPizza]

Originally posted by: Tuktuk
Ah I remember the days where I could use a second account to inflate my prices... brilliant.

what was that noise I just heard? Ahhh yes, 100's of ATers simultaneously adding you to their do not trade list. It's always nice when people come right out and say, "I'm dishonest."

 

[Rayden]

Yeah I've been looking at getting Super Mario Strikers and hoping to get it for less than $30 retail. Noobs keep bidding it up before the time is over. So by the time the auction is almost over the price is $20-25 without shipping. Not worth bidding then.

 

[Looney]

Originally posted by: jupiter57

Originally posted by: Pale Rider

Originally posted by: Looney
I don't snipe. I just put in the max i'm willing to pay for said item and just leave it at that. I don't have time to pay attention to every auction until the last minute.

Same here. If I win I win, if not, oh well. I'll just find another auction for the same thing and bid again.

Me too.

I have come to the point where if it's not listed as "Buy it Now", I just pass on by.
The above statement is not applicable to rare items I want, but even on those I still use my "Max. willing to pay" protocol.

Yeah, i'm the same too. I'll say 2/3 of everything i buy off ebay is with BIN as well.

 

[BudAshes]

well if you sell sh!t then you are happy they exist. So stop all the whining.

 

[1sikbITCH]

I mix both philosophies. With 60 seconds left, I put my maximum bid in. If you do it too early, people who would rather go bankrupt than lose an ebay bid keep on increasing their maximum bids to top your maximum bid. Best to not attract attention to the item and then take your best shot at the end.

 

[bamacre]

Originally posted by: lobbyone
ebuy:music:

:thumbsup:

I use Buy It Now exclusively, along with Instant Payment Required, and block payments that are foriegn via PayPal options. It's the smoothest way to do biz over Ebay. Scammers can't bid, can't buy, and can't even end the auction.

 

[GoPackGo]

Originally posted by: chambersc
If I've said it once, I've said it a THOUSAND times. With the new ebay feature of inputting your max bid, there is NO SUCH THING AS SNIPING auctions anymore. You simply put your maximum willingness to pay in terms of US dollars in the box and wait. Either you win or you don't.

New?

Its been that way for years.

 

[Yoshi911]

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[geckojohn]

thats funny

 

[shadow9d9]

Originally posted by: brandonbull

Originally posted by: shadow9d9

Originally posted by: chambersc
If I've said it once, I've said it a THOUSAND times. With the new ebay feature of inputting your max bid, there is NO SUCH THING AS SNIPING auctions anymore. You simply put your maximum willingness to pay in terms of US dollars in the box and wait. Either you win or you don't.

Do people really think like this? I call them suckers.

You sound like the impluse buyer that gets tricked into paying more because you wait until the last minute.

Considering I have never bought an impulse buy in my life.. and I pretty much get deals on everything I buy(just saved $150 on dog food online)... and I work for the living in the stock market, dealing with money.. I'll just have to chalk up your comment to foolishness.

I have bought about 7 itmes on ebay in the last week at amazingly low prices because I wait until the last minute and put in my max bid.. with no time to react, the first or second bidder who was hoping for a lucky break got beaten by 50 cents by me...

Bidding while giving people time to decide to bid more than they thought= raising the price.

Leaving the potential buyers into thinking they have a clear win and waiting til the last second gives them no time to reevalute or bid up=win at lower cost.

Reall,y no wonder the U.S. had a -1% savings rate last year... people have NO IDEA WHAT THEY ARE DOING when it comes to money.

 

[shadow9d9]

Originally posted by: chambersc

Originally posted by: shadow9d9

Originally posted by: chambersc
If I've said it once, I've said it a THOUSAND times. With the new ebay feature of inputting your max bid, there is NO SUCH THING AS SNIPING auctions anymore. You simply put your maximum willingness to pay in terms of US dollars in the box and wait. Either you win or you don't.

Do people really think like this? I call them suckers.

Originally posted by: MrDingleDangle

Originally posted by: chambersc
If I've said it once, I've said it a THOUSAND times. With the new ebay feature of inputting your max bid, there is NO SUCH THING AS SNIPING auctions anymore. You simply put your maximum willingness to pay in terms of US dollars in the box and wait. Either you win or you don't.

i used to think this way, but its because there are a lot of morons out there who will pay more then they originally think they will...if you don't give them time to think about it, they cant put in a higher bid

It's called the "maximum willingness to pay." For instance, if you're buying a widget, where it says "Max bid," put in value which you wouldn't want to pay any higher for. If the widget is going for $.3 and you will pay a max of $4 for it, then put in $4 and let ebay's algorithm sort out the sequential bids. By definition, "maximum willingness to pay," which I equate to eBay's "Max Bid" feature, is the maximum amount that you would pay for that widget. The "max bid" isn't a "oh, well I'd LIKE to buy it for $.5" value...it's the MAXIMUM PRICE you'll pay.

I hope you are joking around here... if you think that putting in the max you are willing to bid at the beginning gives you the same odds at winning at a low price as putting it in at the last second, then I have some chocolate and flowers I am willing to sell you for a low low price on valentine's day!

 

[NaOH]

Originally posted by: tk149

Originally posted by: Looney
I don't snipe. I just put in the max i'm willing to pay for said item and just leave it at that. I don't have time to pay attention to every auction until the last minute.

:thumbsup: Me too. If I don't win, it wasn't worth it. I really don't understand sniping. My only guess is that those who use it aren't able to put a maximum price that they are willing to pay on an item, or are bidding on multiple items at the same time.

Seriously, I don't see any benefit from it. If I see an auction that has 3 days left, I'll bid my max and leave it at that. If I don't win then I wouldn't have bought it anyways.....

 

[shadow9d9]

Originally posted by: NaOH

Originally posted by: tk149

Originally posted by: Looney
I don't snipe. I just put in the max i'm willing to pay for said item and just leave it at that. I don't have time to pay attention to every auction until the last minute.

:thumbsup: Me too. If I don't win, it wasn't worth it. I really don't understand sniping. My only guess is that those who use it aren't able to put a maximum price that they are willing to pay on an item, or are bidding on multiple items at the same time.

Seriously, I don't see any benefit from it. If I see an auction that has 3 days left, I'll bid my max and leave it at that. If I don't win then I wouldn't have bought it anyways.....

People have already explained it. If you can't grasp such a simple simple concept, I suggest finding someone extremely reliable to take care of your money for you, because you are quite hopeless.