[78-L] snipes and snails

[Taylor Bowie]

Just to be contrary, I'll point out that with many of the auctions I bid on, 
someone does try to snipe me.   But of those sniped auctions I still win the 
vast majority.  Recently I've only been winning about 65% of my record 
auctions,  but when I reviewed the ones I lost I found on a few that I was 
just totally out of the running (expensive jazz sides which I sort of 
wanted) or was the low-ball underbidder,  mostly on odds and ends I didn't 
care about very much (slight upgrades,  dupes for swapping,  mildly 
interesting dance bands,  etc.).

And of course,  the more people who snipe,  the less effective it becomes. 
Which brings me back to my position that if you really want the thing,  you 
bid high,  you bid when you want to bid,  and then you go with the flow.


Taylor

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cary Ginell" <soundthink at live.com>
To: <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 8:26 AM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Bantering about bidding.


>
> What autosnipe service do you use, Mike?
>
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>
> Cary Ginell
>
>> From: mbiel at mbiel.com
>> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
>> Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 08:43:35 -0700
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Bantering about bidding.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -------- 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>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> It's easy, and it only costs a quarter. The services have been around
>> for as long as ebay has. It's not new.
>>
>> > 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
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> >> 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
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> Mike Biel mbiel at mbiel.com
>>
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