I hate Egay newbies that start bidding with 6 days left!

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psteng19

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Originally posted by: theNEOone
also realize that some people will just bid on the item to "bookmark" it. that's what i'd do. then closer to the auction deadline someone will bid higher than me, and i'll get an e-mail reminding me that i'm bidding on something.

You can "bookmark" it by "watching" it.
Watching is a feature in ebay. I don't mean checking up on it every other hour.

Anyway, I love it when people do that on MY auctions. Drives up my prices :D
 

psianime

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I don't care who bids on it... I REALLY care about the ending price and the user who bid on it.

-psianime
 

Eli

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Originally posted by: RgrPark
I am sick of seeing newbies bidding on items way before the auction ends. Are they stupid or something? Don't they realize that the winner is going to be someone that bids at the last minute? SO why do they insist on raising the price so early? I hate them!!!! OMG i wanna kill them all!!!1
Just venting
Why?

Let them bid.

Of course, I am biased since I am usually the seller now.

 

SinfulWeeper

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Originally posted by: DrPizza
Originally posted by: kenrippy
Originally posted by: Viper GTS
They are the smart ones.

Bid exactly what you're willing to pay, & you can never lose - You either get the item or you let some other idiot pay more than you were willing to pay.

Viper GTS


yes and get outbid by .01 by the guy who bid at the last minute.

You can't outbid by a penny.... there's a minimum increment to the bids.
(unless maybe someone has a proxy bid and you happen to guess how much it is and go 1 cent over)

Thats exactly what I do. Works 99% of the time :)
 

MrCodeDude

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I bid when I want to. I seem to always screw up and bidding way higher than I wanted to when I'm bidding last minute against someone else.
-- mrcodedude
 

RgrPark

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Originally posted by: Moralpanic
Originally posted by: RgrPark
Originally posted by: Moralpanic
Originally posted by: RgrPark I am sick of seeing newbies bidding on items way before the auction ends. Are they stupid or something? Don't they realize that the winner is going to be someone that bids at the last minute? SO why do they insist on raising the price so early? I hate them!!!! OMG i wanna kill them all!!!1 Just venting
You're the idiot. I hate snipers. I bid what i want, and just leave it at that.
you must be one of those newbies. I will have to beat u senseless if i ever meet you in real life.
LOL right... i've fought enough koreans in my life to know they're all talk.

Great job turning this flame thread into a racial one. You are a worthless stereotyping racist.
 

snik

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The only smart post in this whole thread was by NFS4: everyone has his own system for bidding. Quit whining. And if you get sniped boo whoo hoo, why didn't you bid higher in the first place?