posted on December 3, 2000 06:30:23 PM new
I saw a ring I wanted on eBay. Unfortunately, I completely forgot to bid. My fault. I checked, it hadn't met reserve. Great!! I email the seller (yesterday), tell her I'm interested, etc. and ask her reserve. She says I can have it for $150.00. Fine. I write back today, tell her I'm definitely interested but does she have a better picture (only showed one side in auction). Just now I check on it again - the 'original' auction says that it's been relisted (new feature??) so I go to the 'new' auction. Someone already bought it - she had a 'buy it' price of $120.00!!!
Obviously it's her right to do what she wants but I'm still pissed. Tells me her reserve is $150 then sets a 'buy-it' price of $120.
I feel like dropping her a note and saying 'Yes, I'd like the ring for $150' and see what she says. Would you?
posted on December 3, 2000 06:35:57 PM new
On the other hand, she may have tried to pull something, when she only showed ONE side of the ring. Could be damaged...so she wanted no hassle and quickly unloaded..who knows! Might be a blessing is disguise
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posted on December 3, 2000 06:38:10 PM new
You just might want to drop them a line they may have had more then one of these rings and during the auction found that this item would draw a $120 for a buy price easily so they put one up for auction with the Buy it now price. http://www.Dman-N-Company.com
posted on December 4, 2000 01:31:42 AM new
I would write her, ask if she has any more and if so, please let you know when she will list them/it.
I may be cheap and skeptical, but I would hesitate to make a purchase of that amount of money on the side, as it were, without the protection of ebay. Ebay may be limited in what they can do, but it's better than nothing.
posted on December 4, 2000 02:01:29 AM newloosecannon:
I can give you example after example after example after example of bidders bidding early and getting into a bidding war as a result---then paying waaaaay more than the market would normally provide for a particular item.
Don't dare say bidding late or at the last minute gains you no advantage. THAT is phooey.
Why else do you think SELLERS prefer bidding is done early. As a seller myself, I love early bidding. As a buyer, I ONLY snipe.
[ edited by mindreader747 on Dec 4, 2000 02:05 AM ]
posted on December 4, 2000 04:12:29 AM new
Hi again - Actually, I didn't mean to snipe - I usually wait until there's 30 min. to an hour left (ok, ok, some people might consider that sniping).
I guess what bugged me was the 'you can have it for $150' and (less than a day later) she lists it w/ a $120 buy-it-now price. If you want $150, just tell me. If you'll accept $120, tell me that too.
Anyway, thanks Shoshanah - you make me feel better. Yeah, probably something wrong with the other side. To be honest, even $120 was a bit high for this but it *was* pretty. Oh well, something better will come along.
posted on December 4, 2000 06:04:46 AM new
I always place my highest bid as soon as I see something I want. To me, if someone bids higher later on, it's not a 'bidding war' - they can have it! I know the max I am willing to pay, and by placing my bid when I first see the listing, I don't have to 'worry' about forgetting to bid later on. All the psychological reasons for doing this or not doing this are meaningless ...
posted on December 4, 2000 06:18:38 AM newmindreader747
Point taken and understood.
I dare say, it makes little difference overall, in the end.
Do you win many auctions sniping? It seems to me that to guarantee a successful snipe, you'd have to put in a high proxy at the last minute anyway. If the previous bidder put in a decent proxy, the price jumps big time. Of course, at the last minute you may have others trying to snipe as well, in which case the price can go way up in a matter of seconds.
If you only bid what you're willing to pay with the snipe, then I'll bet most snipes are not successful.
Right or wrong?
[ edited by loosecannon on Dec 4, 2000 06:28 AM ]
posted on December 4, 2000 10:37:26 AM newloosecannon, if your bidders are experienced and bid their max, I might agree with you. Too many times however, you see a newby place four or five bids trying to beat someone's proxy only to be sniped at the end. In this case if the newby smacks himself in the head and says "shoot, I would have paid more", sniping does make a difference.
posted on December 4, 2000 10:47:31 AM newL.C....correct. I do both: place my max early or snipe. The good thing about placing bid at end of auction is that, by then, one already has a sense of which way it is going; might make it easier to place high max. I have won both ways; must say tho, I am more succesful with sniping. In the end, if it's meant to be...it's meant to be...
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posted on December 4, 2000 11:06:57 AM new
Uh, no I would not be mad. Except that I forgot to bid. Sorry on that one.
Here's a little Win95/8 program I wrote to remind myself to bid. Download it if you like, but don't redistribute it. (I sell this little trinket at eBay.)
posted on December 4, 2000 11:15:49 AM new
The only way I would bid early would be if the "Search by Bidder Name" on eBay was disabled. Why lead other bidders (who like the same types of items I do) to the auctions I am interested in?
posted on December 4, 2000 01:22:24 PM new
Let's see....
You offered to bid $150.00 on the item but forgot. So at the end of the auction, the seller relists the item for $120 BIN price and it sells immediately.
How many sellers relist at a higher price if it doesn't sell the first time?
