Talk about sniping...
rbeaton
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Check out the bid history on this 1971 Topps AL ERA Leaders #67 (Palmer) PSA 9 card
The last time I checked, there were 0 bids, and I though I would get it at the opening bid. Boy was I wrong. The first bid was placed ~1 hour prior to the auction end, then 6 different people sniped within the last few minutes (not including me because my bid was not high enough.).
I've never seen this many snipers w/o a regular bidder.
Robert
The last time I checked, there were 0 bids, and I though I would get it at the opening bid. Boy was I wrong. The first bid was placed ~1 hour prior to the auction end, then 6 different people sniped within the last few minutes (not including me because my bid was not high enough.).
I've never seen this many snipers w/o a regular bidder.
Robert
Looking for:
Any high grade OPC Jim Palmer
High grade Redskins (pre 1980)
Any high grade OPC Jim Palmer
High grade Redskins (pre 1980)
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I feel your pain
Jeff,
Thanks for the help, as for keeping up I think you doing just fine.
Matt
I would seriously consider a snipping program... Trust me it will save you money and allow you freedom from your computer as auctions close... You place your bid you forget about it you win some you lose some and you move on....
<< <i>Trust me it will save you money and allow you freedom from your computer as auctions close... You place your bid you forget about it you win some you lose some and you move on. >>
and it keeps you from getting "caught up"
in the action! You decide what is the TOP
price you can pay, you bid it and forget it!
THAT will save you cash (and some buyer's remorse).
Then when the auctions over whine of why you cheaped out
justsnipe.com
robobidder.com
vrane.com
esnipe.com
auctionsniper.com
Get busy sniping!
<< <i>Why not just put in your max bid and forget about it? Why waste the extra money for a snipe? >>
My feelings on this:
1. A lot of ebay bidders place emotional, heat of the moment bids. They get caught up in the chase for a certain item. If they see no bids on an item, they will generally place a lower max bid. If there are 10 bids on an item, they have time to think about how much they want that item.
2. Some bidders will continue to raise their bids due to "personal competitions" with other bidders.
3. Shill bidders (sellers, actually) can incrementally up their bids to your max, forcing you to pay more for the auction.
4. Sniping is fun!
Has anyone ever sniped auctions other than sports cards? I've done it for some other items and almost always win the auction for one bid increment above the previous high bid. The other bidders don't know what happened.
What other categories on ebay have a high incidence of sniping? Just curious.
JEB.
<< <i>Why not just put in your max bid and forget about it? Why waste the extra money for a snipe? >>
because you do not want
to "tip your hand" to the other bidders
until the very last second. That way,
no one else has time to decide to outbid
you! PLUS many of the services I listed above
are FREE so why not use them!
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Has anyone ever sniped auctions other than sports cards? I've done it for some other items and almost always win the auction for one bid increment above the previous high bid. The other bidders don't know what happened.
I have, and I actually feel sorry for the current high bidder when I setup my snipe:
"Oh, poor chap, how anxious you must be! Nobody else bidding means that you are the only one! The item is most assuredly yours! So how it pains me to know that as you nervously hit the refresh button in the waning seconds that with only six to go you will see a name other than your own, and be powerless to do anything about it! Accept your defeat. Learn from it. And please don't send me a nasty email telling me how much of an a-hole I am!"
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Thanks
Be good my brothers.
Robert