Re: EBAY auctions and SNIPING - tesla coil parts

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Original poster: Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-twfpowerelectronics-dot-com>

Hi,

I am a heavy handed early power bidder that just "out bids" them 
early.  But that definitely does seem to help run up the cost!!  Probably 
best to wait till the last minute and then blast them with those 
"overpowering" bids at the last minute...  Hard, since I usually can't be 
near the PC in the last 30 seconds and there is always a big chance it will 
all get screwed up...  But bidding "real late" does help to stop those 
folks that have to think long and hard if it is worth bidding that extra 
money...

I have not heard of these "snipping services" before :o)))  Sounds funny!! 
:-D  Helps a lot to contact other bidders too especially when they are in 
the same town ;-)) so you don't fight against your own...

Cheers,

         Terry



At 08:51 PM 8/31/2004, you wrote:
>I disagree with that wholeheartedly.
>If you want to win an item, you need to SNIPE at the last minute using one
>of the services such as Auction Stealer or similar.
>By putting in bids ahead of time, you tell other bidders (and snipers) that
>there is additional interest, so they may up their SNIPE bids
>a lot more than what they would put originally.
>
>So wait to the very end and take your best shot, otherwise, you and some
>other non-sniper may drive up the price too much in the
>first few days of auction.
>
>Of course, Gary is a seller, so its not in *his* interest to get a lot of
>snipers.  He wants the highest price possible!
>
>Dan
>
>
> > If you want to buy something on ebay you can NOT wait until the last 30
> > seconds of the auction to fire away a bid because there are 35 other
>people
> > all doing the same thing.  After you loose the bid there is not enough
>time
> > to bid again.   The best thing to do is deside how much you are really
> > willing to pay for an item then place the bid and forget about it.   If
>you
> > get outbid there will be another day and another auction.   Don't worry
> > about it.  On the other hand if there is an item for sale that you can not
> > live without bid very very high and you will most definately win.
>Example,
> > there was an item on ebay that I wanted and I knew that no one with a
>brain
> > would bid more than $75.00 on it so I bid $500.00 and won the auction 5
> > days later at $62.00.   It makes no sense at all to increase a bid a few
> > dollars thinking you will win because in a few hours someone else will do
> > the same thing.  It is a total waste of time to keep checking the auction
> > over and over days after day and bidding again and again increasing the
>bid
> > a few dollars each time.   Give it your best bid on the very FIRST bid
>then
> > turn off the computer and don't check it ever again until after the
>auction
> > has ended.  In another month or so when the weather starts to get bad I
> > will be listing lots of TC stuff on ebay.  I have been cleaning out my
>work
> > shop and selling things on ebay for 3 years and I still can not tell that
> > anything is missing from my work shop.
> >
> > Gary Weaver