so someone sniped the ebay auction i was trying to win

[spanky]

yeah, i been trying to get this generic pcmcia firewire/usb2 card off ebay. it seems that the same guy is selling a bunch... some for like $14 + $13 shipping... some for $18 + $9 shipping... some for $16 + $11 shipping. basically... no matter how you cut it... it's $27 shipped. so finally, i found a different seller and i calculated my max to get a $25 shipped price. when i got home today, i found out i was outbid by a sniper.. damn. then i fired up pricewatch and and found the same card for $22 shipped so i guess it was sorta good the auction got sniped... i found a better deal on pricewatch (that is... assuming the place i bought it from will not rip me off).

 

[isekii]

guilty as charged

 

[Frew]

:sun:

 

[Mo0o]

I never figured out why sniping hurts the person being sniped. You set the price you were willing to pay, anything higher would have been out of your price range right? Otherwise you would have set a higher bid.

Thats just the way ive always bid on ebay.

 

[blahblah99]

Wow, all that work to save a couple of bucks. I woulda just gone to my local computer store and buy the damn thing for $30.

 

[Nebor]

Originally posted by: Mo0o
I never figured out why sniping hurts the person being sniped. You set the price you were willing to pay, anything higher would have been out of your price range right? Otherwise you would have set a higher bid.

Thats just the way ive always bid on ebay.

Yeah, I think most people just don't understand how ebay works, like the OP.

 

[Semidevil]

I mean, people just dont put maximum bid........if their maximum bid is 20 dollars, if they see that they are outbid, they will put a new maximum bid...., and then just keep going, until their *real* max bid is like 100 dollars.

who knows, maybe it's the rush and excitemet of an "auction."

 

[spanky]

Originally posted by: Nebor

Originally posted by: Mo0o
I never figured out why sniping hurts the person being sniped. You set the price you were willing to pay, anything higher would have been out of your price range right? Otherwise you would have set a higher bid.

Thats just the way ive always bid on ebay.

Yeah, I think most people just don't understand how ebay works, like the OP.

how is it that i don't understand how ebay works? based on my original post, how did u get to that conclusion?

 

[Mo0o]

Originally posted by: spanky

Originally posted by: Nebor

Originally posted by: Mo0o
I never figured out why sniping hurts the person being sniped. You set the price you were willing to pay, anything higher would have been out of your price range right? Otherwise you would have set a higher bid.

Thats just the way ive always bid on ebay.

Yeah, I think most people just don't understand how ebay works, like the OP.

how is it that i don't understand how ebay works? based on my original post, how did u get to that conclusion?

So why didn't you just proxy bid to the highest price you were willing to spend?

 

[KarenMarie]

Ebay is SOOOOOO not the place for cheap stuff... After the auction price and the shipping... hellfire, stuff is cheaper retail.

 

[spanky]

Originally posted by: Mo0o

Originally posted by: spanky

Originally posted by: Nebor

Originally posted by: Mo0o
I never figured out why sniping hurts the person being sniped. You set the price you were willing to pay, anything higher would have been out of your price range right? Otherwise you would have set a higher bid.

Thats just the way ive always bid on ebay.

Yeah, I think most people just don't understand how ebay works, like the OP.

how is it that i don't understand how ebay works? based on my original post, how did u get to that conclusion?

So why didn't you just proxy bid to the highest price you were willing to spend?

i said i calculated my max bid to get $25 shipped... which means i took into account the shipping (which was $12)... subtracted $12 from $25 which is $13, punched in $13 and left. when i came back to check the auction last nite, the auction was sniped. so how is it that i "just don't understand how ebay works"? i know it wasn't u that posted that, but it seems like u agree.

 

[Mo0o]

Originally posted by: KarenMarie
Ebay is SOOOOOO not the place for cheap stuff... After the auction price and the shipping... hellfire, stuff is cheaper retail.

Somethings you can find retail and ebay is often cheaper than most online stores

 

[RobCur]

havent bought at ebay in years maybbe because i have never beenthis poor in my life!
recession sucks.

 

[RossMAN]

1) Proxy bidding is stupid.

2) JustSnipe.com is the answer.

 

[spanky]

Originally posted by: RobCur
havent bought at ebay in years maybbe because i have never beenthis poor in my life!
recession sucks.

when i am broke, i end up trying to ebay anything i can get my hands on.

 

[spanky]

Originally posted by: RossMAN
1) Proxy bidding is stupid.

2) JustSnipe.com is the answer.

link no worky?

ok, it works now.

 

[Mo0o]

Originally posted by: RossMAN
1) Proxy bidding is stupid.

2) JustSnipe.com is the answer.

Personal exprience? Ive heard about services like these but have always been reluctant to try them. do i have to give them my username/password?

 

[Nebor]

Originally posted by: RossMAN
1) Proxy bidding is stupid.

2) JustSnipe.com is the answer.

You don't know anything about getting things for low prices. Go elsewhere.

And I :heart: you.

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: Nebor

Originally posted by: RossMAN
1) Proxy bidding is stupid.

2) JustSnipe.com is the answer.

You don't know anything about getting things for low prices. Go elsewhere.

And I :heart: you.

It's a love/hate relationship, ain't it?

 

[simms]

Originally posted by: Mo0o

Originally posted by: RossMAN
1) Proxy bidding is stupid.

2) JustSnipe.com is the answer.

Personal exprience? Ive heard about services like these but have always been reluctant to try them. do i have to give them my username/password?

Yes. so trust them. I use justsnipe.com and auctionsniper.com. So I can vouch that they're safe.

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: Mo0o

Originally posted by: RossMAN
1) Proxy bidding is stupid.

2) JustSnipe.com is the answer.

Personal exprience? Ive heard about services like these but have always been reluctant to try them. do i have to give them my username/password?

Yes personal experience.

AuctionStealer.com is better but isn't as reliable and has some restrictions. JustSnipe.com isn't as pretty but has been reliable for us. We've only lost 2 auctions out of 20+ using JustSnipe.com

We were also weary of giving JustSnipe our eBay username and passwords but that's the risk you take. Make sure your password is UNIQUE and isn't used for Paypal, online banking, Hotmail, etc. just in case.

Here are some previous threads regarding auction sniping:
eBay sniping software??? by NFS4
Who else uses AuctionStealer on eBay? by NFS4

 

[Kipper]

I :heart: sniping.

There's nothing like watching your $450 auction go to $880 in the closing 30 seconds.

 

[RossMAN]

MadCowDisease,

As a buyer I love sniping, as a seller I don't like it as much.

 

[HonkeyDonk]

do people who use sniping programs generally use it so that they can bid at a specific time?

 

[Mo0o]

Originally posted by: HonkeyDonk
do people who use sniping programs generally use it so that they can bid at a specific time?

read teh sniping site, it explains what they do