I ****ing hate eBay snipers! - Page 2

**Fire Me Boy!** · 10-08-2006, 10:14 AM

Just bitching... I ****ing hate snipers on eBay... I'm sitting here babysitting a lens and some dickhead mother****er comes in with 5 seconds left and snipes it. Never put in any other bids for 8 ****ing days and gets the lens I had a bid down on for a week! ****!

Kerberos · 10-08-2006, 11:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Laz

no reason to even bid on an item until the last hour.

all you're doing is driving up the final price push.

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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**the Talking Can** · 10-08-2006, 11:28 AM

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....

**Rain Man** · 10-08-2006, 11:29 AM

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.

**Fire Me Boy!** · 10-08-2006, 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by rxrider

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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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.

**KcMizzou** · 10-08-2006, 12:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Fire Me Boy!

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.

**Skip Towne** · 10-08-2006, 12:28 PM

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

PastorMikH · 10-08-2006, 12:29 PM

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.

PastorMikH · 10-08-2006, 12:31 PM

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

Hammock Parties · 10-08-2006, 12:36 PM

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

Hammock Parties · 10-08-2006, 12:37 PM

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Originally Posted by PastorMikH

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

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.

wutamess · 10-08-2006, 12:40 PM

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.

headsnap · 10-08-2006, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by wutamess

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.
[i]That $.01 is sometimes a lifesaver.[/b]

more often than not!

**cdcox** · 10-08-2006, 01:06 PM

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Originally Posted by wutamess

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.

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

**Reaper16** · 10-08-2006, 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by cdcox

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

lol, and I do .03.

headsnap · 10-08-2006, 01:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Reaper16

lol, and I do .03.

I actually use the .07

10-08-2006, 10:14 AM
Fire Me Boy! Cast Iron Jedi Join Date: Nov 2004 Casino cash: $9999900 VARSITY	I ing hate eBay snipers! Just bitching... I **ing hate snipers on eBay... I'm sitting here babysitting a lens and some dickhead motherer comes in with 5 seconds left and snipes it. Never put in any other bids for 8 ing days and gets the lens I had a bid down on for a week! **!
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10-08-2006, 11:28 AM	#17
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10-08-2006, 11:29 AM	#18
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10-08-2006, 12:28 PM	#21
Skip Towne Supporter Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: T-Town Casino cash: $10004900	I think it was Herzig that once posted the URL of a sniping company if someone wants to "cheat".
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10-08-2006, 12:29 PM	#22
PastorMikH Will KC ever be better? Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Land of Red Dirt & Necks Casino cash: $9905087	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. __________________
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10-08-2006, 12:31 PM	#23
PastorMikH Will KC ever be better? Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Land of Red Dirt & Necks Casino cash: $9905087	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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10-08-2006, 12:40 PM	#26
wutamess MVP Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Lee's Summit Casino cash: $4711637	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.
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