ebay rant (short)

[Larry" <rocco16v@netzero.com (Larry)]

I'll give you $5.25.   :)

Larry  sandieg16V

> Dude
>
> Since when are you selling your car?
>
> I'll give you $5 on the 6th when I come out, nobody snipe me!
>
> Greg
>
>
> --
>
>
> '84 VW Scirocco
> '01 Ford Focus ZX3
> St. Louis, MO
>
> > From: "Christian Els" <tiAn@usiw.net>
> > Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 16:45:51 -0600
> > To: "Scirocco List" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> > Cc: <jester@westfailure.net>
> > Subject: Re: ebay rant (short)
> >
> > <Sigh, how did I get sucked into this...>
> >
> > I agree that what you illustrate does happen, pretty frequently even.
> >
> > I'm just saying that person with the $31 bid (in your example) is paying
> > more than the item is worth. That mentality leads to big credit card
bills
> > and no groceries at the end of the month. Dumb.
> >
> > Bid what it's worth and forget, any other way is a money trap.
> >
> > Waiting to post your first bid until the very end is effective but
you're
> > going to lose to a person with a big checkbook and overblown sense of
value
> > no matter when that person bids, if they want the same thing you do.
> >
> > The real key is bidding on crap nobody else wants ;) Speaking of,
somebody
> > buy my car...heh.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Christian Els
> > 1987 Scirocco 16V, For Sale
> > www.schnellpc.com/scirocco.htm
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <jester@w...>
> >
> >> hate to say it, but i have gotten some great deals through sniping.
> >>
> >> Thing is, many people on e-bay are willign to go up and up and up just
to
> >> win something, I'm not.
> >>
> >> What my experience has been, if i decide its worth $30 to me, and the
bid
> >> is at $15, if i put in the 30, the other guy that wants it will see my
$30
> >> and decide he's willing to go $31 to beat me.
> >>
> >> If i snipe at $30 with 3 seconds left, and the $25 bidder had his max
bet
> >> set qat $20, he doesnt have time to go back and change it to $31, I won
at
> >> $30.
> >>
> >> I have actually seen this happen in real life when i did my sniping at
5
> >> minutes instead of 5 seconds.
> >>
> >> My e-bay policy. If i kinda want it, i put in my max price & sit back
and
> >> see what turns out. if i really want it, i wait until 5 seconds left &
> >> place my bid then. My max price doesnt change, its just kept a secret
from
> >> other bidders until its too late for them to change their bid to beat
> >> me... In other words, a guys max price may be $20, till he's loosing
then
> >> his irrational testosterone complex kicks in & he goes to himself "ill
sho
> >> you" and puts in $40... i'm avoiding all "i'll show you" bids by
sniping.
> >>
> >> not arguing, just telling you that i truly believe sniping is better
> >> because that way i am the only guy that can know a) i am even
interested
> >> and b) what my max bid bid is.
> >>
> >> take care,
> >>
> >> Steve
> >>
> >>
> >
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