Good Morning Walter, list members.........
I hate to beat a dead horse at this point, but I think most ebay bidders
try to get an item at the lowest possible price with no regard to what they
would be willing to buy the item at a fixed sale. This is just the
way most of us conduct ourselves in an auction.
I currently have a 100 gram DOUBLE ORIENTED 100 gram Sikhote-alin on ebay
that started at a penny. Four DIFFERENT bidders have placed bids and
it is only up to $5.50. See item number 2249907461 if this link does not
work:
I think it is just natural for all of us to try to get the best deal
possible and by budding the maximum one is willing to pay on the first bid then
perhaps we feel like we are giving up our control over the situation.
Just my two cents on the subject.........
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>Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite eBay Bidding Comment
>Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2004 05:48:13 -0400
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>No, I am RIGHT.
>
>If you place your maximum bid the first and only time, then you
should walk
>away happy from the deal each and every time.
>
>If you win, you the item at YOUR price.
>
>If you lose, you may be disappointed over not getting the item,
but you walk
>away with the satisfaction knowing that you did not spend beyond
your means.
>
>BTW, I see nothing wrong with bidding in the last few
seconds. It is still
>a valid auction. I have obtained many nice pieces this
way and I have lost
>many nice pieces to others. Either way, I was happy
with outcome because I
>did not spend more than what I wanted to spend.
>
>You might be irritated that you lose an auction, but what have
you really
>lost? Besides, what is ebay supposed to do, stop an
auction after a given
>individual bids.
>
>Other bidders don't know your maximum bid. How can you
say you are the
>loser when you were willing to go to x amount anyway?
>
>Also, as someone else pointed out, if you have a "sniper" placing
a bid
>against you at the last second, the person isn't quaranteed to
win just
>because he or she places a bid. What happens when the sniper
places his or
>her bid and it is below yours?
>
>It seems to me that bidders only have a problem with "sniping"
when they
>lose an auction, not when they win.
>
> >Only faster gunmen survive.
>
>You are making a rather large assumption, that the faster gunmen
will
>actually hit his target. What if he misses?
>
>-Walter
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>Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite eBay Bidding Comment
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>
> > > Hi Mike,
> > >
> > > Just bid your highest bid the first time and forget
it. If you win, you
> > > win. If you don't, via sniping or
otherwise, well you weren't going to
> > bid
> > > any higher anyway so what difference does it make
whether the other
> > person's
> > > bid was entered 10 hours, 10 minutes, or 10
milliseconds before the
> > auction
> > > ends?
> >
> > You are WRONG.
> > Its verry importand when You place bid.
> >
> > exam1
> > If item is placed f.e. for 1$ , and in a first few days
will go up to 20$
> > then You put f.e. 100$ your max bid 3 days before auction
ends. So then
>many
> > other bidders will try to outbid You and final price will
grown up more or
> > less slowly, and finally price will be f.e. 90$. You are
lucky winner ?
>No,
> > You are lucky looser. And many times You will return from
work, log to
>ebay
> > and what You see ? You are outbited and someone win Your
item. Nothing
>more
> > irritated.
> > exam2
> > Without your early bid price is still 20$ and in the next
days will not
>grow
> > up in the same speed as with your bid. So finally in last 5
minutes of
> > auction, item price will be 50$. Someone who is
high bidder in last 60
> > seconds think that noone will place higher price, and then
You come. A
>lone
> > sniper, who will place his 101$ in last 20 seconds of
auction. Not 100$,
> > becouse people usualy enter prices as 50, 60, 100, 110, so
to be sure you
> > must put 51, 61, 101$. If You do this in the last 20
seconds Your bid will
> > be entered in around 5-10seconds before auction end and
THEN You will win
> > the same item for less than 90$, becouse noone can place
another bid in
>last
> > 5 seconds. Your system is working, buy snipers can win the
same items for
> > smaller money.
> >
> > You can say, that this is not right, this is sniping etc.
But this is real
> > life like on old westerns :))) Only faster gunmen survive.
> >
> >
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