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Outbid with 1 *second* left!! :(

bhartman35bhartman35 Posts: 1,398
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How the image can that happen??? Even with broadband, how do you time it that exactly??


AAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!

Link of Shame!!
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  • HobbyistHobbyist Posts: 215


    << <i>How the image can that happen??? Even with broadband, how do you time it that exactly??


    AAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!

    Link of Shame!! >>



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  • DickyBetzDickyBetz Posts: 3,825
    auctionsniper.com
  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭
    Bid more next time.

    Russ, NCNE
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  • dizzyfoxxdizzyfoxx Posts: 9,823 ✭✭✭
    It happens to the best of usimage ...Come to think of it, I've sniped at the final second myself.imageimage
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  • HobbyistHobbyist Posts: 215
    Actually, it looks like 3 seconds to me. Which is an eternity in Ebay time. image
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  • CarlWohlforthCarlWohlforth Posts: 11,074 ✭
    You bid lots of times on that dime! Did you change your mind on how much you were willing to pay?
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  • NumismaticsNumismatics Posts: 1,092
    Expert Sniper. I hate when I get sniped.
  • 1921obsession1921obsession Posts: 559 ✭
    Below 5 seconds it's only a question of who has the best (or worst) ping to Ebay's server. I set my sniper (the one linked above) to 5 seconds, and when in person I click with 5 seconds, and the rest is in God's hands.

    Remember, it's Ebay. There will_be another one.
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  • bhartman35bhartman35 Posts: 1,398
    I paid the price for not putting my maximum in initially, I guess. It's just unnerving to be outbid in the final few seconds. I've bid on other things, and that's never happened before.
    If you haven't noticed, I'm single and miserable and I've got four albums of bitching about it that I would offer as proof.

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  • curlycurly Posts: 2,880 ✭
    Put that bid up there in the thin air and you'll get it. If you don't win at least you have the satisfaction that the sniper got his butt pounded.
    Every man is a self made man.
  • pontiacinfpontiacinf Posts: 8,915 ✭✭
    if you really wanted that, you should have put your money where
    your mouth is first time out. multi bids show extreme interest or
    extreme shill, either being no good.

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  • TayTayTayTay Posts: 465 ✭✭
    Looks to me like you bid eight times too many, and should have saved your max bid for your last. I prefer the old-school snipe, but if I have to bid early, I bid the maximum that I'm willing to pay. If someone else gets it, they paid too much image
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  • billboatbillboat Posts: 2,260
    Still like to decide what I'm willing to pay, make a max bid and see what happens. Beats the hell out of last minute adrenaline bidding--there will be another opportunity.
    Curmudgeon in waiting!
  • bhartman35bhartman35 Posts: 1,398
    Well, in the time since my last post, I found another dime. I won this one:

    Snipers Be Damned image
    If you haven't noticed, I'm single and miserable and I've got four albums of bitching about it that I would offer as proof.

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  • 1921obsession1921obsession Posts: 559 ✭
    AAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

    That only works if you put the best realistic bid in from jump street.
    Proudly upholding derelict standards for five decades.
  • GATGAT Posts: 3,146 ✭
    I am on a slow 28k dialup connection but I once won a Morgan with a 1 second snip on eBay. I use Auction Sentry and that's what actually happened.
    USAF vet 1951-59
  • coinnut86coinnut86 Posts: 1,592 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Bid more next time.

    Russ, NCNE >>



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  • CameonutCameonut Posts: 7,308 ✭✭✭✭✭
    You gotta take the emotion out of your bidding to keep your blood pressure low - and maybe save some money.

    In all types of auctions, the key is to decide the most you would pay for an item. So if someone outbids you, so be it. So take your time in deciding your max bid.

    Then decide when/how you are going to bid. If you put your max bid out there early, someone can shill you up, or just easily outbid you if they want the item. That is where sniping programs save you money. Putting your bid in at the last second saves some of the shilling and if you win, great. If you don't win, at least you put your max bid in the game.

    I use the sniping software most of the time now as I don't have time to follow auctions anymore. And I never get excited when I lose.

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  • MAD4MORGANSMAD4MORGANS Posts: 2,044


    << <i>Put that bid up there in the thin air and you'll get it. If you don't win at least you have the satisfaction that the sniper got his butt pounded. >>



    Yeah I got my butt pounded on this one!!

    From a guy who probably didn't know what he was really bidding on (the bastidge)!! image


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  • JcarneyJcarney Posts: 3,154 ✭
    1 second left? Pfffft. amateur. I've already hit snipes manually with 0 seconds left. image
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  • pursuitoflibertypursuitofliberty Posts: 7,041 ✭✭✭✭✭
    damn ... that was MY auction ... LOL


    sorry you missed out bhartman ... nice coin



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  • DHeathDHeath Posts: 8,472 ✭✭✭
    Hartman, you and I both lost an 82-D Washington in PCGS 66 last week. I just laid in a fair bid, but I should have set a snipe. It happens.
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  • bhartman35bhartman35 Posts: 1,398
    Hey, Todd. image

    Not to worry. I got myself another one right after. Sory it couldn't be your coin, though. Glad to have helped push your final sale up, though. image
    If you haven't noticed, I'm single and miserable and I've got four albums of bitching about it that I would offer as proof.

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  • TomBTomB Posts: 21,457 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Bid more next time. >>


    This only proves that great minds think alike as it is exactly what I was going to post.image
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