[78-L] Bantering about bidding.

[Erwin Kluwer]

This one works great and its free!!!


http://www.biddingscheduler.com/


Erwin


On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 4:43 PM, Michael Biel <mbiel at mbiel.com> wrote:

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> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Bantering about bidding.
> From: Julian Vein <julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk>
> Date: Tue, January 19, 2010 4:53 am
> To: 78-L Mail List <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
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> jack palmer wrote:
> > I've been watching this discussion on sniping or high bidding. I
> > have bought many records off oboy and have never sniped. First I
> > don't have the time to wait until the last minute to bid, although
> > I understand you can do it automatically now. If you know how - I don't.
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> It's easy, and it only costs a quarter.  The services have been around
> for as long as ebay has.  It's not new.
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> > As for the step bidders. I think that often they are a bidder
> > who bid a high amount and others are bidding forcing an automatic
> > raise in his bid. I am oftern shown as bidding half a dozen times
> > but it is all due to the high bid I placed originally. Jack
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> There are two ways the bid list is shown.  Usually the default is not to
> show the automatic bids, and that will only show the actual bids and the
> actual rebids.  When the automatic bids are shown they are in a lighter
> type with the actual bids in heavier type.  But remember, those
> automatic bids raise the bidding amounts faster, so the ultimate price
> ends up higher with fewer actual bids.
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> >> I have a rule-of-thumb which is that I don't bid on a record
> >> if it has already received a bid, unless it's a must-have item.
> >> Julian Vein
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> And that lucky bidder gets it at minimum bid.  You're such a pal!  But I
> bet you have lost out on a lot of things that the other guy had only bid
> that minimum or just a few cents higher.  It's worth putting in an
> auto-snipe.
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> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
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