As a buyer, I would have put this in the "rant thread"... I always pull my hair out at idiots who bid the item up days before the auction ends. I had several youth bows lying around and decided to get rid of them after buying both my boys new Diamond Infinity Edges for Christmas. I sold a couple through the forums like usual, but decided to put one on ebay for kicks... It's amazing me to watch people bid each other up well before the end. Heck, I may have to start selling all my old bows this way.
guys who list stuff and have their buddies bid it up for them drives me batshyt nuts.. if I really want something I set my max high bid and walk away, if I win I win...
I will never make a bid on an ebay item till the last 30 seconds or so. To put in a bid early just to have others drive up the price for days is stupid. Best auctions are always the ones that have 0 bids till right at the end because they run out of time to get the priced jacked up to high.
Exactly. Back in the day when I did buy more stuff off ebay, I'd have two monitors up and running... one with the auction going where I could watch the countdown timer, and the other with the bid ready to input so I could hit the "place bid" button with about four seconds left. The only negative to that is sometimes I'd get outbid by someone else playing the same game who placed a higher bid than me... that was just the chance I was willing to take. I had to make sure I bid up to what I was willing to pay and rolled the dice.
And I'm sure they make/made some software app that would do that for me... that was just my redneck way of doing it. :D
Greg I kid you not I sold a PSE spyder youth Bow on there years ago and got more out of it used than I did when I bought it new
Hey as the seller when that happens I sit back and smile lol As a buyer I also just place a max bid unless the auction is ending relatively soon and / or I know I'm gonna be available to watch it countdown. I spend way too much time on Ebay...
it does not matter when you bid if the guy you bidding against a software like "bid snipe" you will lose every time there is no way to beat them..
watchers drive me crazy as well, I had an ATV on ebay $1500 reserve for $2500 ATV and got one bid for $1400 and that was it and I had over 50 watchers.. But I have also had items with no watchers that sold at the last min..
Thanks for bring up ebay again Greg. Was doing real well not getting on it lately and bidding on stuff. I already have 8 items I am now watching and waiting till they get closer to ending before bidding.
What kills me about selling stuff on ebay is the fees they charge. I didn't realize that their fees where as high as they are now and when I sold my chill on there during the summer I didn't allow for the fee and got ripped. They charged me over 60 bucks! Live and learn...
