7 Feb
2011
7 Feb
'11
5:46 p.m.
On 2/7/2011 1:06 PM, Tony Duell wrote:
What I'm saying is no reason is that when I have seen low numbered
bidders where I snipe and do for a large enough amount to take the
auction, they rarely bid over a couple of dollars over the amount asked
by the seller.
this little by little does not indicate a desire to buy it for $16, or
they would have said hmmm.. I think 16 will take it.
this clown did it a buck or two at at time, didn't bid enough to take
the item ($25 would have), so I question whether it is stupidity, or in
the case of fraud, a seller with a shill acount trying to make him more
than his asking price.
I did bid and take the auction, by the way. I lost one a few days
earlier fair and square on another item where I put in what I call a
guard bid for a couple of bucks over the amount, and two snipers paid
nearly three times what the asking was, in that case about $36. Fair
and square, and didn't waste my money.
On 2/6/2011 6:32 PM, Richard wrote:
Wrong!
It cost you $16 for a very good reason. Namely that somebody else was
prepared to pay $15 for it. Or are you saying that anybody who enters
abit that does not end up exceeding the current high bid (which
prssumably the new bidder doesn;t know) is a 'moron'?
Was the item worth $6 to you? If so, then what are you moaning about? You
got somethign you wanted at a price you were prepared to pay. if not,
then why the heck did you bid more than $16 for it?
-tony In article<201102041608.p14G80ff036949 at
billY.EZWIND.NET>,
John Foust<jfoust at threedee.com> writes:
Here is why I snipe, Richard. Courtesy of a
feedback 5 moron, and a
situation where I could not snipe due to a business meeting I had to be
in. And no, I manually snipe, not with a service. Should have cost
7.99, but cost 16 for no reason. Item 130481622084 ? Only $500 so far?
Remember? "Sniping" is the only way *real* people bid on things on
ebay, according to sniping advocates.