22 Feb
2006
22 Feb
'06
11:13 p.m.
It might make the most sense in online auctions if ALL bids were snipes.
Simply bid what you're willing to pay for the item and if it's more than
the reserve and higher than any other bid, you've won it by whatever the
bid increment is. That's the way I bid on all of my eBay purchases. When
I place my snipe bid, I say "I'd be willing to pay this much for the item,
after which either I'm not sufficiently interested or I know where I can
purchase the same thing cheaper". There's no stress of seeing if anyone
else has bid more than I. If I want the item badly enough, I'll get it--no
"auction fever".
There are some categories where sniping seems to be the rule more than
exception and others where the reverse is true.
Cheers,
Chuck
22 Feb
22 Feb
11:25 p.m.
I had an auction. A placed a very high bid. B ran up the bid and
finally B exceeded A. Then at the last minute, B canceled his bid "to
allow others to buy with a lower price". There was no other bid
because the price was high enough to scare away potential bidders. The
end price was very very low. 1/5 of any other similar items.
So now I insist no retreatment in last 24 hours. I also place a
reasonable start price at which I am willing to sell.
vax, 9000
11:26 p.m.
I had an auction. A placed a very high bid. B ran up
the bid and
finally B exceeded A. Then at the last minute, B canceled his bid "to
allow others to buy with a lower price". There was no other bid
because the price was high enough to scare away potential bidders. The
end price was very very low. 1/5 of any other similar items.
That trick is called a bid sheild. Illegal, petty much.
William Donzelli
aw288 at osfn.org
11:28 p.m.
On Wed, 22 Feb 2006, 9000 VAX wrote:
I had an auction. A placed a very high bid. B ran up
the bid and
finally B exceeded A. Then at the last minute, B canceled his bid "to
allow others to buy with a lower price". There was no other bid
because the price was high enough to scare away potential bidders. The
end price was very very low. 1/5 of any other similar items.
Okay, now THAT is clearly a Naughty Thing.
--
David Griffith
dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu
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23 Feb
23 Feb
12:14 a.m.
Chuck Guzis wrote:
It might make the most sense in online auctions if ALL
bids were snipes.
Simply bid what you're willing to pay for the item and if it's more than
the reserve and higher than any other bid, you've won it by whatever the
bid increment is. That's the way I bid on all of my eBay purchases. When
I place my snipe bid, I say "I'd be willing to pay this much for the item,
after which either I'm not sufficiently interested or I know where I can
purchase the same thing cheaper". There's no stress of seeing if anyone
else has bid more than I. If I want the item badly enough, I'll get it--no
"auction fever".
There are some categories where sniping seems to be the rule more than
exception and others where the reverse is true.
Thank you!! Finally, someone else who thinks the same way I do about
online auctions. If everyone just silently bid, and the highest took
all, there would be a lot less idiocy on ebay.
--
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12:51 a.m.
Chuck Guzis wrote:
It might make the most sense in online auctions if ALL
bids were snipes.
Simply bid what you're willing to pay for the item and if it's more than
the reserve and higher than any other bid, you've won it by whatever the
bid increment is. That's the way I bid on all of my eBay purchases. When
I place my snipe bid, I say "I'd be willing to pay this much for the item,
after which either I'm not sufficiently interested or I know where I can
purchase the same thing cheaper". There's no stress of seeing if anyone
else has bid more than I. If I want the item badly enough, I'll get it--no
"auction fever".
I do get auction fever, really badly. Sniping is about the only way
I can reliably bid without spending money I don't have. If I make my
bid in the last 5 seconds and it's not enough, there's no way I can get
in another bid. That's a *good* thing.
Oddly enough, I'm a cold fish in realtime auctions. I just don't get
excited when I'm bidding in person.
Doc
1:06 a.m.
Sniping is how I won a Grid Compass 1101 a few months ago. Someone else had
the same bid as me, but mine got in just "in the nick of time."
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Subject: Re: bogus auction for Altair system on eBay
Chuck Guzis wrote:
It might make the most sense in online auctions if ALL
bids were snipes.
Simply bid what you're willing to pay for the item and if it's more
than the reserve and higher than any other bid, you've won it by
whatever the bid increment is. That's the way I bid on all of my eBay
purchases. When I place my snipe bid, I say "I'd be willing to pay
this much for the item, after which either I'm not sufficiently
interested or I know where I can purchase the same thing cheaper".
There's no stress of seeing if anyone else has bid more than I. If I
want the item badly enough, I'll get it--no "auction fever".
I do get auction fever, really badly. Sniping is about the only way I
can reliably bid without spending money I don't have. If I make my bid in
the last 5 seconds and it's not enough, there's no way I can get in another
bid. That's a *good* thing.
Oddly enough, I'm a cold fish in realtime auctions. I just don't get
excited when I'm bidding in person.
Doc
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