EPTOn October 07 2008 09:05 KOFgokuon wrote:
rofl 9 days left and already up to $200? when will this end
rofl 9 days left and already up to $200? when will this end
In 9 days.
CJ Entus Shirts on eBay - Page 3
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SonuvBob
Aiur21550 Posts
In 9 days. | ||
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illeszt
United States350 Posts
LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL that is hilarious, HAHAHAHA | ||
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YPang
United States4024 Posts
ROFL | ||
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Roxen000
1226 Posts
On October 07 2008 08:55 illeszt wrote: ![[image loading]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v96/4pocalyps3x/cjshirts.jpg) lemme win plz What did you buy for $2.98? o.o | ||
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LonelyMargarita
1845 Posts
On October 07 2008 09:22 illeszt wrote: have you ever purchased anything on ebay before? If the top bidders are intelligent, there is zero reward for bid sniping. It proxy bids for you, so you might as well put in your full amount as soon as the auction starts. Bid sniping is only beneficial when someone is retarded and enters a bid below what he's willing to spend. Since it's a second price auction, your bid doesn't affect what you pay. | ||
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IzzyCraft
United States4487 Posts
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illeszt
United States350 Posts
On October 07 2008 10:06 LonelyMargarita wrote: If the top bidders are intelligent, there is zero reward for bid sniping. It proxy bids for you, so you might as well put in your full amount as soon as the auction starts. Bid sniping is only beneficial when someone is retarded and enters a bid below what he's willing to spend. Since it's a second price auction, your bid doesn't affect what you pay. As an ebay buyer and seller for the past few years, I'm confident in saying that MOST people feel safer when bidding by sniping in the last few seconds than placing their bids days or even hours before the end of the auction. I am not totally disagreeing with you, just the part where you say there is zero reward for sniping. Sniping allows them time to think it over if they REALLY want to buy it or not; if they had placed their bids earlier they would have to commit to buying the item if they won (disregarding the bid retraction process). Another plus to it is (assuming the auction price is very low at the moment) you want to purchase the item for the lowest amount possible. It is statistically proven that the more bids an item has, the more people it attracts (source: somewhere on eBay, I think it's the area where you input the starting price for auctions), so you wouldn't place a bid on it, fearing someone (with OCD) will come along and outbid you because they don't want you to get such a good deal on it if it were to end at the current bid. You can also count on the chance that the other watchers might miss the end of the auction, so there are less people you are bidding against. This happened to me several times before TT. Here's an example: Say you want to purchase a pair of jeans where the bid is at $1 with 4 hours left. Besides you, there are 3 other people watching who also want to buy it. Most of the time you would assume that there are people other than you that have their eyes on the item so you want to wait until the end to snipe it. Ok, so there's 2 minutes left in the auction and it's still at $1, one guy is not at home so he is missing the auction, another guy is reading this thread and forgot about the auction, the last guy is ready to bid the amount which is the lowest that he wants the item for, but still a reasonable amount to win the item.. let's say $15. That is NOT his maximum bid though, because he feels confident that he SHOULD win, since it is a fairly deserted auction with low bid count. Let's say he would actually pay up to $30 for it. He bids $15 when there are 10 seconds left, you click refresh and see this, then you bid $20 or whatever your max bid is when it's at 2-3 seconds left, the auction will then end at $16 or so. GG, he has no time to counter-bid or do anything but shit his pants (more incentive to buy new jeans). I don't recommend this for items that you need ASAP or items that you will DIE FOR. However I would still recommend you to bid at least a few hours before the end, and not the week before. A cheap tie for this weekend, shipping was like $11 though. Would've been cheaper if I didn't need it so soon. BREAKING NEWS: I just got outbid within 1 second of an auction end.. I bid at around 2-3 seconds left and it showed me as the highest bidder =[ stupid auction sniper services.. | ||
mikeymoo
Canada7170 Posts
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GHOSTCLAW
United States17042 Posts
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YPang
United States4024 Posts
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MrHoon
10183 Posts
Xellos = 300+ Savior = 200+ Much = 180+ Iris = 150+ | ||
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LonelyMargarita
1845 Posts
On October 07 2008 10:33 illeszt wrote: As an ebay buyer and seller for the past few years, I'm confident in saying that MOST people feel safer when bidding by sniping in the last few seconds than placing their bids days or even hours before the end of the auction. I am not totally disagreeing with you, just the part where you say there is zero reward for sniping. Sniping allows them time to think it over if they REALLY want to buy it or not; if they had placed their bids earlier they would have to commit to buying the item if they won (disregarding the bid retraction process). Another plus to it is (assuming the auction price is very low at the moment) you want to purchase the item for the lowest amount possible. It is statistically proven that the more bids an item has, the more people it attracts (source: somewhere on eBay, I think it's the area where you input the starting price for auctions), so you wouldn't place a bid on it, fearing someone (with OCD) will come along and outbid you because they don't want you to get such a good deal on it if it were to end at the current bid. You can also count on the chance that the other watchers might miss the end of the auction, so there are less people you are bidding against. This happened to me several times before TT. Here's an example: Say you want to purchase a pair of jeans where the bid is at $1 with 4 hours left. Besides you, there are 3 other people watching who also want to buy it. Most of the time you would assume that there are people other than you that have their eyes on the item so you want to wait until the end to snipe it. Ok, so there's 2 minutes left in the auction and it's still at $1, one guy is not at home so he is missing the auction, another guy is reading this thread and forgot about the auction, the last guy is ready to bid the amount which is the lowest that he wants the item for, but still a reasonable amount to win the item.. let's say $15. That is NOT his maximum bid though, because he feels confident that he SHOULD win, since it is a fairly deserted auction with low bid count. Let's say he would actually pay up to $30 for it. He bids $15 when there are 10 seconds left, you click refresh and see this, then you bid $20 or whatever your max bid is when it's at 2-3 seconds left, the auction will then end at $16 or so. GG, he has no time to counter-bid or do anything but shit his pants (more incentive to buy new jeans). I don't recommend this for items that you need ASAP or items that you will DIE FOR. However I would still recommend you to bid at least a few hours before the end, and not the week before. A cheap tie for this weekend, shipping was like $11 though. Would've been cheaper if I didn't need it so soon. BREAKING NEWS: I just got outbid within 1 second of an auction end.. I bid at around 2-3 seconds left and it showed me as the highest bidder =[ stupid auction sniper services.. Like I said, your example requires the other bidder to be stupid. In a well-advertised auction such as this, bidding will have no effect on exposure (and to be safe, you can bid on the last day/last few hours in a low-exposure auction). Bidding early also deters other bidders because they can see that the price is already high, and that many people want it, so they probably won't get it. The only thing I really have an issue with is bidding in the last minute, especially more than once. You run the risk of a browser crash, a typo, or the server being too busy. A few people seem to think that your bid affects the price you pay, so they bid incrementally several times in the last minutes. It makes no sense, and risks them losing the auction because they wouldn't enter their highest amount. These are the "stupid" people that introduce small possible gain from sniping. So there are a few fairly negligible drawbacks to bidding really early, just as there are to bidding really late. But there's also a small benefit to bidding very early, and a major risk in bidding very late. Bid in the mid-range to be safe, and early or mid for the highest expected profit. Ebay should just switch to sealed bid auctions, so everyone would follow the "bid once with your maximum amount anytime after the auction starts" obvious strategy. | ||
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-orb-
United States5770 Posts
When I go to bid on something, if it has more bids I assume more people are fighting over it and therefore I have a lesser chance of getting it. Thus I won't bid on it. If I see something with only 1 bid I'll assume no one's fighting over it so i have a high chance of winning so i'll bid on that. Thus the more bids the less likely people are to bid on it. | ||
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Ancestral
United States3230 Posts
I'm glad people care this  Much about charity, but I want that damn shirt! | ||
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Ancestral
United States3230 Posts
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GGQ
Canada2653 Posts
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Raithed
China7078 Posts
itll go higher. maybe 300+ higher. haha.and it does. take a look at xellos' shirt. jesus.. 355 atm. | ||
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SnowFantasy
4173 Posts
I'm considering chasing the much shirt. If he drew a heart on the shirt that would have made it awesome. | ||
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gm.tOSS
Germany898 Posts
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xiaofan
United States513 Posts
On October 07 2008 13:35 GGQ wrote: total is $900 so far wonder if it will go over 9000 | ||
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