as a sometimes seller on ebay,,,,i just always place the starting bid at my bottom price that i will let the object go for,,so who ever bids or snips, or what ever members care to do is there choice, if i sell it i am happy,and i hope the buyer is to, ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2003 9:23 PM Subject: [S-Trains] Nothing wrong with so-called sniping, IMHO
> My $0.02: > > I have bought a lot of original Flyer off eBay in the last 15 > months -- over 300 items, and plenty of it was from members of > this list. > > Many times when the competition is hot for a rarer item, I set a > timer to be in on the "action" in the last few minutes. My > experience is "sometimes ya win, sometimes ya lose." Sometimes I > have lost a high-priced item I really wanted at the last second by a > few piddling dollars. I don't see that as "getting sniped." I figure > I only have myself to blame for not bidding enough for something I > really wanted. > > I have also received several angry emails from people accusing me > of "sniping." To me, there is no such thing. Whatever you want to > bid as your "high" -- you have until the exact last second of the > auction to do so. That's why there's a timer -- in lieu of a "Going > once, going twice, sold" followed by a gavel drop in a live auction. > For anyone to be angry because someone else topped their bid in the > last two minutes is ludicrous. What, we're not supposed to bid in > the last two minutes? Auctions are nothing more than an organized > free-for-all. On the other hand, I have yet to receive an email from > a seller thanking me for putting in a very high bid -- maybe too > high -- at the last. > > I know eBay encourages buyers to enter their "maximum" as their > first bid. That's silly, too. Sometimes I enter a low bid during the > first day or two just to keep an eye on that item -- because eBay > only allows you to watch 30 auctions, and sometimes that number > isn't enough. If I like the way the bidding is going, I bid up > toward the end. Sometimes, I don't because the price may be more > than I think the item is worth. And sometimes I do this "marking" to > watch items just to see what they sell for. All this hurts no one. > It only moves the bidding forward. If eBay really wanted you to > enter your maximum as a first bid, the bidding would go nowhere. > > I don't think any of this makes me an SOB, just a buyer being wise > with his hard-earned dollars. > > Phil K > > > S-Trains list sponsor: http://www.americanflyertrains.com > All the Flyer you desire...books and accessories too! > > To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list send a note to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > S-Trains list sponsor: http://www.americanflyertrains.com All the Flyer you desire...books and accessories too! To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list send a note to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
