Re: EBAY auctions and SNIPING - tesla coil parts

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Original poster: "David Rieben" <drieben-at-midsouth.rr-dot-com> 

Hi,

As  more of a buyer than a seller, I'd have to agree with Dan as well.
I HAVE indeed gotten some nice toys at good bargains by placing a
snipe bid in the last few seconds of an auction. Of course I don't al-
ways win by doing this as no one is gonna win every auction that he
or she bids on but I have won some. Also, it's good to look for things
outside of headings like "Tesla" or "high voltage" sometimes as this
tends to thin the competition a bit ;^) I recently picked a nice twin
1256-D Powerstat  w/bal. choke in a 19" rack cabinet with wiring and a
digital ammeter (343 lbs on a pallet) for a grand total of $225
(this included the freight charges for delivery). I was the only one
who bid on it so I got it for the minimum opening bid ($99.95).
This was not listed as "Tesla" or even "Variac", just Powersat,
and that's probably the reason that there wasn't any competitive
bids on it. Oops, here I am telling everybody my secrets ;^)))

David Rieben


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Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 9:46 PM
Subject: Re: EBAY auctions and SNIPING - tesla coil parts


 > Original poster: "Eastern Voltage Research Corporation"
<dhmccauley-at-easternvoltageresearch-dot-com>
 >
 > 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
 >
 >