So, the answer is bid the maximum you are willing to pay and let the system
protect you. Let the fools/snipers pay $100 more than it is worth.
I have on a couple of occasions been outbid only to have the winning bidder
claim he mistakenly placed his bid and I ended up with the item at a very
reasonable price.
73,
Gerald K5GW
In a message dated 10/8/2010 5:36:09 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
Gudguyham@aol.com writes:
In a message dated 10/8/2010 5:56:46 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
flymooney@gmail.com writes:
I don't understand why everyone gets so mad at the "snipers". I always
just bid the maximum amount I want to pay and leave it at that. If
someone outbids me at the last minute, then who cares? It is more than I
wanted to pay anyway.
Absolutely correct!!! Often times however you will lose the item for the
next highest bid increment which usually is not that much that you would
have minded paying. The problem is in many cases someone else may have
bid
MUCH MORE than the next bid increment and won it anyway. In reality you
would have had to bid much more than the next bid increment. Did you ever
wonder why "sometimes" an item on EBAY would sell for much more than the
going
price? Mainly because 2 or more people want to make sure they get the
item
so they figure they will bid like $100.00 more than what it would normally
sell for and they feel confident they will win it for a fraction of the
$100.00. Then some comes along and bids $125.00 more. Now that bidder
pays
$100.00+ more than he may have anticipated. He wins it, but pays dearly
and the seller makes out like a bandit. Lou
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