In general... people dig the thrill. Ever watch an auction live or on TV for big ticket items [super rare cars, whole estates, artwork, etc]... you can see it in their eyes-- it's bloodsport with bank accounts.
-Scott On Aug 14, 3:02 am, GeorgeS <chobur...@gmail.com> wrote: > I hope I'm not being too dense but I still don't understand the last- > minute bidding game. If you've got a personal limit of what you are > willing to pay for the item and you bid that amount for starters, you > won't ever pay more and you may pay a lot less depending on other > bidding. Why wait to the last 20 seconds or resort to programs for > slipping in bids at the last minute? Is it because another bidder can > figure out what your maximum bid is and then cut in at the last moment > with $2 more? > GeorgeS > > On Aug 9, 6:54 pm, "S.Cutshall" <clotht...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Redundant question, Steve... > > > that's what I am saying [only exception being: known fact that most > > bidding on high-end/desirable goods on The Bay happen in the last 20 > > seconds... so again, know your Max-Bid, program it in for the > > recommended 6 second protocol, walk away, enjoy life, and then check > > it after the fact]. > > > Re: the last 20 seconds... > > > Recently sold a very high-end 18" bass drum on The Bay. It was a 0.99 > > cent auction [let the market decide and all that... but very risky on > > my behalf as a seller], 7 day auction, bass drum was stalled at > > $199.99 for 6 of those days [not good on my end]... final day, 30 > > seconds to go, each time I hit Refresh on my browser to watch my day > > get better [or much, much, worse], the bidding popped from 3 bids > > @199.99 to 17 bids and a final of $1034.00. > > > -Scott > > > On Aug 9, 2:59 pm, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > > > > On Mon, 2010-08-09 at 14:51 -0700, S.Cutshall wrote: > > > > Hope you win, but let me add please... > > > > > I can never quite understand the eBay "Refresh-n-Stress" method of > > > > bidding. Recently I've won a coupla things on The Bay, and even more > > > > recently I've sold [and am selling] a metric poop-ton of high end > > > > drums & cymbals... and it seems to me that it's logical to approach > > > > these sorts of things with two thoughts: > > > > > 1. Know your limit, your budget, what you are willing to go to... and > > > > then that's that. > > > > > And then... > > > > > 2. Just use something like 'Snipe It' [which is a legal eBay bidding > > > > device]. > > > > > And really, that's it. > > > > > PS-> You can read more about 'Snipe It' here [and download it too, if > > > > interested]... > > > > >https://www.myibay.com/ > > > > How would this be an improvement over simply bidding as much as you are > > > actually willing to pay in the first place?- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
