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markglicker · November 27, 2005 11:56AM

This could be interesting.

markglicker · November 27, 2005 11:57AM

Seems to be ok now.

braddick · November 27, 2005 12:05PM

I barely missed a VF damaged NCS 1804 Bust quarter.

I'm going to be ticked if it sold for less than $1,800.00!

markglicker · November 27, 2005 12:06PM

I saw that Braddick. looked like it had some pretty serious damage.

braddick · November 27, 2005 12:08PM

<< I saw that Braddick. looked like it had some pretty serious damage. >>

But it wasn't holed and wasn't cleaned and it still had a lot of meat on the bones for less than GD04 money...

ROBERTB · November 27, 2005 12:36PM

This has happened before. I've missed out a few times because of it. Twice I had to run to the telephone and go oldschool.

braddick · November 28, 2005 1:24AM

I couldn't get my last minute bid in with the system down (at least for me...).

Closed at $1,525.00
I think that's too cheap.

Cladiator · November 28, 2005 1:32AM

I think TT owes something to the people that had consigned coins with them and closed last night. No way of knowing the revenue lost because of the downtime.

CarlWohlforth · November 28, 2005 1:48AM

I bid early and won one coin. I usually don't bid enough to win coins so maybe this helped me?

OKbustchaser · November 28, 2005 1:57AM

So, once again I say, Bid what you are willing to spend and forget about it. I am STILL waiting for someone to give me a logical reason for sniping other than increasing the seller's take.

57cameonut · November 28, 2005 2:01AM

i was wondering how i bought a coin cheap for a change !

Cladiator · November 28, 2005 2:04AM

<< logical reason for sniping >>

Would sniping be a way to avoid being shill bid up to your maximum before the auction closes?

Edited to add: But I guess if you're willing to pay your maximum bid it doesn't really matter does it...nevermind

OKbustchaser · November 28, 2005 2:27AM

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<< logical reason for sniping >>

Would sniping be a way to avoid being shill bid up to your maximum before the auction closes?

Edited to add: But I guess if you're willing to pay your maximum bid it doesn't really matter does it...nevermind

>>

A sniper bid would drive it up just as high.

Cladiator · November 28, 2005 2:31AM

Maybe it's just the adrenaline rush factor?

markglicker · November 28, 2005 2:33AM

I am STILL waiting for someone to give me a logical reason for sniping

If you put in your max early, a lot of times another bidder will chase you. The same guy might otherwise just bid the next increment.

Cladiator · November 28, 2005 2:51AM

I think what steve is getting at is that your high bid is your high bid and you're willing to pay that so it doesn't matter really matter how your bid gets there...your willing to pay it.

OKbustchaser · November 28, 2005 2:56AM

The bottom line is you will still have to post your max in order to avoid snipers. Posting it early in no way results in a higher final price. All it does is possibly push the bidding over your max earlier--which actually I appreciate because then I can then reallocate that money to another lot.

markglicker · November 28, 2005 2:58AM

I think what steve is getting at is that your high bid is your high bid and you're willing to pay that so it doesn't matter really matter how your bid gets there...your willing to pay it.

I bid both ways. On TT, I almost never snipe. Too much work. The point is, if it is an expensive piece, it is worth the extra effort, as you may get it for a better price.

pharmer · November 28, 2005 3:11AM

<< So, once again I say, Bid what you are willing to spend and forget about it. I am STILL waiting for someone to give me a logical reason for sniping other than increasing the seller's take. >>

Logical reason #1: winning

Because of TT's peculiar methodoloy, prerequiste steps have to be taken to assure that it is actually a snipe, however.

OKbustchaser · November 28, 2005 3:18AM

<< 

<< So, once again I say, Bid what you are willing to spend and forget about it. I am STILL waiting for someone to give me a logical reason for sniping other than increasing the seller's take. >>

Logical reason #1: winning

Because of TT's peculiar methodoloy, prerequiste steps have to be taken to assure that it is actually a snipe, however. >>

Ok, I'll bite. How does sniping increase my chances of winning a bid? My max wins or it doesn't. When it is posted is irrelevent.

RotatedRainbows · November 28, 2005 3:52AM

<< 

<< 

<< So, once again I say, Bid what you are willing to spend and forget about it. I am STILL waiting for someone to give me a logical reason for sniping other than increasing the seller's take. >>

Logical reason #1: winning

Because of TT's peculiar methodoloy, prerequiste steps have to be taken to assure that it is actually a snipe, however. >>

Ok, I'll bite. How does sniping increase my chances of winning a bid? My max wins or it doesn't. When it is posted is irrelevent. >>

Not everybody bids using your logic, an example would be an Ebay item I was watching last week. There were 21 total bids and 18 of them were by the same guy, someone placed a bid and this guy bid five times until he was high bidder then the next day someone else outbid him so he placed 7 more bids (all only one or two dollars) until he was high bidder. A few days later he was outbid again so he bid six more times until he was high bidder again, by that time the item was priced above fair value so I never did place a bid. If the first bidders had not bid so early that one guy would not have had the chance to sit there and run the price up, he would have only been able to place a few bids instead of 18.

OKbustchaser · November 28, 2005 5:25AM

<< 

Not everybody bids using your logic, an example would be an Ebay item I was watching last week. There were 21 total bids and 18 of them were by the same guy, someone placed a bid and this guy bid five times until he was high bidder then the next day someone else outbid him so he placed 7 more bids (all only one or two dollars) until he was high bidder. A few days later he was outbid again so he bid six more times until he was high bidder again, by that time the item was priced above fair value so I never did place a bid. If the first bidders had not bid so early that one guy would not have had the chance to sit there and run the price up, he would have only been able to place a few bids instead of 18. >>

If he was willing to bid it up to more than you were willing to bid then he simply wanted it more than you. At least one other person besides him also thought it was worth more than you did. It still would have made no difference in the final total that the coin went for. If he was willing to bid X dollars--whether though 1800 bids or only one--he either got the item for what he thought it was worth or someone else got it for more than he thought it was worth.

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