I hate being sniped^$^&$^&%##^(&)%%$^%#$%%^

barberlover · September 7, 2003 11:51AM

Dirty rotten bleep bleep !#@$$%&^^Y& Maybe all find him in a dark alley and take a red hot poker and bleep censored !@$#$*&*%^&&&(*and he'll never be able to get it out either.

Les [just kidding] I'm sure he'll find it eventually.

Les

mojorizn · September 7, 2003 11:56AM

Wow! Tell us how you really feel!

Mojo

ClarkOfKent · September 7, 2003 12:11PM

Thought for sure this was gonna be a thread about Russ.

Bochiman · September 7, 2003 12:18PM

Barberlover,

If he snipes you again, just trick him into buying from doops....that appears to stop some people

(referring to general doops type customer service for his bidders that appears in other threads)

Yes....I hate getting sniped too.....others love sniping programs....i have only sniped manually and sometimes lost out....worst thing about getting sniped is when it does sell for just 1 bid increment over what you bid......I feel like it would have sold lower if I hadn't bid...many sellers "owe" me for helping increase their sales prices

coincop · September 7, 2003 12:30PM

It really sucks to get sniped by a fellow forum member when you're the one that opened the bidding and specifically posted "no sniping" in the sellers thread. Boy!, some people just don't listen.

barberlover · September 7, 2003 12:43PM

This has been a bad all around day for me. Before I got sniped, I lost my own chance to buy the 1901 S quarter that Jim owned before he upgraded. What a day!!!!

Les

ElectricEye · September 7, 2003 12:49PM

bid stronger

~

roadrunner · September 7, 2003 1:28PM

I bid early today on ebay and won a coin by 45 cents. I bet the underbidder was ripped. No sniping needed.

roadrunner

LucyBop · September 7, 2003 2:23PM

the HepKitty loves to pull those 2 second or under snipes!

quarterjack · September 7, 2003 2:32PM

Hey Lucy, i've been snipped with 1 sec. left in an auction! Gets the old dissapointment meter ticking.

Dave

LucyBop · September 7, 2003 2:33PM

i did a 1 sec job once........

barberlover · September 7, 2003 2:41PM

I bid that large cent up to 440 bucks and was still the under bidder so I let him have it, I even emailed congrats, but I reminded him I didn't let him have it cheap. A few years ago I got in a bidding war over the finest 1891 vseated quarter in 65 I'd ever seen, when the bidding got close to 66 money I said it's all his and bowed out and a common 1891 in 65 cost him 1840 dollars.

Some of these people are crazy, but nice coins bring out the crazy in me to.

Les p.s. Jim, you still suck!!!

Bochiman · September 7, 2003 4:00PM

<< i did a 1 sec job once........ >>

*ahem* **cough cough**

Lucy...you and those 1-liners that can be taken different ways...gotta luv ya hepkitty, gotta luv ya!

wallstreetman · September 7, 2003 6:13PM

Getting sniped just means you didnt want the coin as bad as the other guy!

LucyBop · September 7, 2003 6:14PM

<< Lucy...you and those 1-liners that can be taken different ways...gotta luv ya hepkitty, gotta luv ya! >>

hjohn74 · September 7, 2003 7:21PM

I was sniped and it really irked me. However, I now max out my bid; therefore, if someone wants the coin more than I do, they had better expect to pay for it.

BillF · September 7, 2003 11:12PM

Never used a sniping program, but the only bids I've ever won on E-prey have been at last second snipes.

MacCoin · September 7, 2003 11:53PM

wasn't you bragging here last month about how you were sniping others? Its good to see a snipe get a tast on there own. I use to get snipe all the time but I learn, now it will cost a snipe more money to snipe me.

Shamika · September 8, 2003 12:04AM

Barb,

Are you saying you've never sniped an auction from someone else?

ScarsdaleCoin · September 8, 2003 12:08AM

I know how you feel....on some of my auctions, I end them early so people can not snipe!

barberlover · September 8, 2003 12:11AM

Mac Coin, The thread mentioned about me sniping was in regaurds to an 1861 quarter that had terrible pictures in a Heritage bullit sale.

Bragging? If I was bragging it was intended to point out that I had guessed right about the picture of the reverse not showing the coin at it's best or it would have cost more.

Could you tell by the tone at the start of this post I was kidding ??? Maybe you figured it out when I said I emailed the winner to congratulate him ? No, not even then ?

Got a clue yet ?

If someone wants to pay more for a coin then I'm willing or able to pay, they are welcome to it. The one disadvantage that last second snipers have is that they have no idea what the high bidders max is and if you put in a last second snipe and don't go high enough, you won't get another chance, but it's all part of the wonderful world of coin collecting via the modern age we live in with internet auctions and last minute bidding wars, hey it's all good.

Les

jom · September 8, 2003 12:29AM

<< The one disadvantage that last second snipers have is that they have no idea what the high bidders max is and if you put in a last second snipe and don't go high enough, you won't get another chance >>

That depends on how you "snipe". If you put the highest amount you are willing to pay as your snipe bid then it won't matter. This, in fact, is why many people get upset when they lose. The problem I see sometimes is that people complain they got outbid at the last second. Why complain about it? If you had put in your highest bid then you simple lost to someone who was willing to bid more. And, yes, even if you got beat by a penny YOU still shouldn't complain otherwise you did NOT bid your max amount, right?

IMO, sniping is the perfect way to bid. You don't have others "upping" your max bid AND if you put in your max amount you NEVER pay more than you really want.

jom

MacCoin · September 8, 2003 12:54AM

sniping is something we have to live with. but I can see why it happens. look at some of the crazy bin price and the seller still wants us to pay s/h

redcents · September 8, 2003 1:29AM

I don't see how any seller can object to the practice. It keeps the bids lower longer so that more non-snipers will bid. If everyone just bid their max on day 1, I beleive it would deter many form "jumping in". This in turn prevents people from getting involved and ultimately reduces the chance they will "stretch" a little to outbid later on.

As for bidders, as some have said, if you simply bid your max or snipe with your max, then if you lose it it's just because someone else was willing to pay more than you.

IndianHeadMan · September 8, 2003 1:33AM

<< 
As for bidders, as some have said, if you simply bid your max or snipe with your max, then if you lose it it's just because someone else was willing to pay more than you. >>

Right ON!!!!!

cherrypickincoin · September 8, 2003 1:35AM

There is nothing wrong or unethical about sniping. The auction isn't over until it's over, plain and simple. In real auctions they'll occasionally even go back to a lot after the bidding was completed just to enter a late bid. The highest bidder wins, plain and simple.

By the way, Les, you'll be able to get that coin cheaper elsewhere. The bidding war on that particular coin, 20+ bids, really hyped up the coin, though it was a very nice piece. Good luck to you.

jom · September 8, 2003 1:40AM

<< The highest bidder wins, plain and simple. >>

I love it when people complain they got beat by a penney. Well, who's fault is that? lol

I screwed up on a bid a few weeks ago. I had changed my Ebay password and FORGOT to update it at Esnipe. I probably would have won the coin outright easily and I kind of felt bad that the seller had to sell the coin so cheap....

jom

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