Yup

I am normally the guy that comes in the last 5 seconds and tries to snipe stuff. If you got your reserve up to an acceptable level of what you are willing to pay then you got nothing to bitch about. FMB is just mad cause someone out bid him on the CHEAP to get an item in the last few seconds. I've bought shit I really didn't want before because some Schlechter Coyote (spelling?) thought he would sneak out with low azz bid.

Sorry FMB I don't feel remotely sorry for your tight penny pinching azz.

J/K

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why would you place a bet before the last 10 seconds?

if you really wanted it you should have bid more...simple solution...you have no right to the item just becuase you bid differently...

been there, it does suck but that's life....

Why do they publicize a final deadline anyway? It seems like the system would work better if people had to bid on what they wanted without knowing if there five seconds left or five days. Or possibly just keep the bid going as long as there's been a new bid in the past 24 hours.

No, it wasn't being "cheap" -- that particular lens normally goes for right about what it did... I'm pissed because I don't like snipers. I don't think it's right. I think there should be provisions, like I suggested in post 2. I remember a time on eBay (and I'm only 28, so not "old" by any stretch) when people didn't snipe. It was considered bad form.

Meh, that's how the system works. Catching a good deal at the last second is what makes it fun.

I don't remember this long forgotten code of Ebay honor.

I think it was Herzig that once posted the URL of a sniping company if someone wants to "cheat".

Thats the only way to bid. I know it stinks when it happens to you, but as a buyer, why bid early and run up the price you'll end up paying? If I outbid someone, they get an email and start bidding against me. We both go back and forth entering bids until the price is much higher. If I wait, then the price either I or the other person pays (if I don't bid enough) pays is less.

Also, I have an amount I can afford. If I bid in the final seconds and don't get it, I don't have time to sit there and think about it and talk myself into bidding more than I can afford to pay.

And 5 seconds is amature. I usually wait until there are 2-3 seconds left.:)

What I hate is when a sellor ends the auction early and doesn't give me a chance to snipe it.


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IF YOU CAN'T TAKE THE HEAT GET OUT OF THE KITCHEN!

That's actually too late IMO.

You don't want to wait until the last second and then find out your bid gets ****ed via proxy.

What I do is... If you want to max out at like $65 for an itme I'd go 65.51 or 66.01.

That .51 or $1.01 has helped me a lot in the past.

Most people bid in increments of $1 or $.10.
That $.01 is sometimes a lifesaver.

more often than not!

That's why I always end my max bid with an extra $0.02.

lol, and I do .03. :)

I actually use the .07 :)