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cant be arsed with all that mucking about, I decide what I want to pay and whack a bid on up to that amount, anything up to a week later I get an email saying I won or lost the item, got better things to do than sit staring at ebay counting off seconds. or use a sniping tool. I hate them, lost out on so many wheels cos of them
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OUTRUN
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it depends on how moronic the other bidders are. nothing amazes more than an auction with a stack of bids on it from the start, surely it makes more sense with ebay to wait until the last minute/seconds to bang on a bid, thats the only way I ever get anything for a decet price on the bay or evil bidding from the off just gives other bidders the chance to think/research before they decide to counter bid This. If you see something you like, add it to your watch list, decide you maximum budget and wait until the end of the auction before showing your hand. Also, bid weird amounts. If you're prepared to pay £500 for something, it's worth bidding something like £507.23. Those odd pounds and pennies have won me many auctions in the past. As far as buying and selling, with the way that ebay keeps setting itself up more in favour of the dodgy buyer, I'm loath to sell anything there anymore. This is the way. When two people like you and I lock e-horns one of us looses out!
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I need your help to get back to the year 1985.
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I hate them, lost out on so many wheels cos of them i have done, and very occasionally still do if i really want something and keep missing them by a few pence, used one last week to get hold of an old game i needed to jailbreak my Wii but kept losing them to what i think was the sellers themselves bumping the price up. You get three free goes a week on the one i use and i probably use it once in 6 months, feels like cheating someone who wants an item way more than i do out of it.
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Volvo back as my main squeeze, more boost and some interior goodies on the way.
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Llewelyn_
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it depends on how moronic the other bidders are. nothing amazes more than an auction with a stack of bids on it from the start, surely it makes more sense with ebay to wait until the last minute/seconds to bang on a bid, thats the only way I ever get anything for a decet price on the bay or evil bidding from the off just gives other bidders the chance to think/research before they decide to counter bid Alright Thomas, didn't know you came on here... Anyway you are right - Premature bidders just astound me. I mean, I really really can't understand it! eGay, the place where dreams are made, and shattered! I can't stand the place to be honest but I am still addicted to it!
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"Back off man, I'm a Scientist" - Dr. Peter Venkman
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Most auctions on wheels may as well be 1 minute and not 9 days. You wait for 8days 23hrs and 59 minutes and then your dreams of rims are shatterd in 60 seconds. Saying that I just won some BBS RC's forr cheap now just need to buy the car ;D
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Last Edit: Mar 10, 2011 0:37:04 GMT by joem83
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Mar 10, 2011 11:00:32 GMT
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I regard it as a 5 minute auction with a 7 day viewing window. Like a real auction, they have the stock there for a while for you to look at and then the stuff goes under the hammer.
I've lost on stuff by 50p or whatever and its annoying but you don't know what the other guy bid. There are times when I have seen something, bid like £200 on it, and the other guy bid £25 and he thinks he lost out on it by 50p when it ends at £25.50 but really he lost out on it by £175 because thats the difference between his bid and my bid. He just doesn't knwo that.
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1937 Austin Street Rod - 1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1976 Rover V8 - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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MrSpeedy
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www.vintagediesels.co.uk
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Mar 10, 2011 11:46:22 GMT
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At the end of the day, everyone is preared to pay 'X' amount for whatever it is. If they're 'X' is bigger than yours, then you don't win. Simples !
You bid what you think it's worth, or are prepared to pay for it. It makes no odds as to when you put your bid on or not. A pound is still a pound !
If you see an item for sale in a shop, you either think it's worth the asking price or you don't, so you buy or don't buy accordingly.
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Dez
Club Retro Rides Member
And I won't sit down. And I won't shut up. And most of all I will not grow up.
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Mar 10, 2011 12:13:30 GMT
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nothing amazes more than an auction with a stack of bids on it from the start, surely it makes more sense with ebay to wait until the last minute/seconds to bang on a bid, thats the only way I ever get anything for a decet price on the bay or evil bidding from the off just gives other bidders the chance to think/research before they decide to counter bid Yup. Got three identical items in my watch list at the moment All finishing within a few hours of each other. The one with the most expensive postage had a minor bidding war with 4 days left on it and shot up to £25... The other two are still under £4. Really does amaze me sometimes. You just need to know how to work it. that itself is a bit of a rookie error though. if you have multiples of a identical item, never list them all together. you are single-handedly increasing the supply for said item, and (theoretically) lowering what the items will sell for as people are bidding across 3 items rather than one. for example, i found a box full of half a dozen good aircooled vw starter motors hidden away in my workshop. not particularly valuable items, id usually flog them for a tenner or so. rather than just boshing them all on i list one a week, and don't list one if anyone else has listed one that week. this means I'm selling the only cheap s/h aircooled vw starter on ebay, so I'm getting a much higher price for them, around £20 each one, all started at 99p no reserve. its very tactical, but its the only way to make money on more common items like this. if its rare stuff itll go for top dollar no matter what it is cos theres more people after it.
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Dez
Club Retro Rides Member
And I won't sit down. And I won't shut up. And most of all I will not grow up.
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Mar 10, 2011 12:20:21 GMT
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I regard it as a 5 minute auction with a 7 day viewing window. Like a real auction, they have the stock there for a while for you to look at and then the stuff goes under the hammer. exactly how i view it too. most of my stuff i sell will have no bids, or maybe just one bid until the last half hour, but lots of watchers, then will go mad at the last minute. thats why its so important to have your auction ending at the correct time. sunday evening between 7-9 being the best time in my view. some weekday evenings are acceptable too, but between 9-11pm. what i would call 'watching TV time'. tuck the missus up in front of some drivel on the box whilst you sneak off to yog all the housekeeping on rusty oily car bits on ebay scheduling really is worth the 6p or whatever it is they charge, it makes a big difference to end prices.
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Mar 10, 2011 12:40:52 GMT
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that itself is a bit of a rookie error though. if you have multiples of a identical item, never list them all together. you are single-handedly increasing the supply for said item, and (theoretically) lowering what the items will sell for as people are bidding across 3 items rather than one. Indeed. I plan to take full advantage of this and buy the cheapest one at the death.
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