[78-L] e-bay bidding

[Cary Ginell]

As my old friend Don Brown from the Jazz Man once put it in perspective when he said - "I realized that I never 'won' on an auction. If I got the disc, it was because I offered more than anyone else for it. In other words, I technically overpaid. Think about that!"
 
Cary Ginell
 
> From: bowiebks at isomedia.com
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 14:22:48 -0700
> Subject: Re: [78-L] e-bay bidding
> 
> I think Buster is correct, although all our theories are pretty anecdotal 
> about what is "good" and "bad" for auctions, bidders and sellers.
> 
> I've gotten to the point where I have so much stuff as it is that I just 
> can't go into a tizzy if I miss something. I don't snipe, but I usually 
> wait until a few hours are left to go and then bid.
> 
> The one thing...the ONE thing...which bugs me on eBay is not the sniping, 
> it's the bids from the fraidy cats who try to top your bid by making their 
> own bids in teeny-tiny increases...and they do so all at once, not as if 
> they've spent some time thinking it over or doing price-comparison.
> 
> No, I've seen times when I've bid $15 and something on a $1.99 starting 
> bid, and some weak-willed type comes along and bids $2.08, then $2.58, 
> Then $3.08, then $3.58, etc. etc. until they just top my bid. When I see 
> this and have the time to do so, I usually make a second bid at a much 
> higher amount, mainly just to torture Mr. Step-Bidder.
> 
> As Buster says, figure out what YOU want to pay and just leave it be...if 
> someone pays a buck more or a hundred bucks more, let them have it. For 
> some reason or another, they are willing to pay more than you.
> 
> Taylor
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "buster" <busterdog at mac.com>
> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Sent: Monday, September 13, 2010 2:07 PM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] e-bay bidding
> 
> 
> > It might help if you think about it like this:
> >
> > When one previews at a live auction, most folks will get a mental notion 
> > of the absolute highest price they'd ever be willing to pay for an item.
> >
> > In modern online auctions, you simply take that amount and enter it into 
> > the snipe bid. Then forget about it. Find out later whether you've 
> > prevailed, knowing you've not exceeded your own budget.
> >
> > More often than not, your idea of what you're willing to pay is higher 
> > than the others' best bids, so you win. None of this incremental stuff, 
> > and none of the emotion-based overbidding like old fashioned auctions. And 
> > no elevated pulse rate, either.
> >
> > Come to think of it, this isn't too different than a sealed-bid silent 
> > auction. Do folks dislike them?
> >
> > -- Buster
> > Busterdog at mac.com
> >
> > On Sep 13, 2010, at 1:47 PM, DAVID BURNHAM <burnhamd at rogers.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Malcolm Rockwell wrote:
> >>
> >> And
> >> nobody wins but the buyer willing to pay just to beat out everyone else.
> >> And the seller, of course.
> >>
> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >>
> >> This isn't entirely true. Programs like e-snipe, (automatic bidding in 
> >> the last
> >> few seconds), have scared off many legitimate bidders like myself. I 
> >> have often
> >> bid on an item only to lose it in the last few seconds to a sniper. 
> >> Hence I
> >> have for the most part stopped bidding on e-bay. If bidding had 
> >> proceeded as
> >> it's supposed to with a series of bidders upping the previous bids, the 
> >> item
> >> would go for much more but now many items just sit at or near the minimum 
> >> bid
> >> until a sniper grabs it at the end for a cheap price. The seller loses 
> >> out on
> >> this process.
> >>
> >> db
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