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| awemawson:
https://auctionsniper.com/ |
| GordonL:
Bidding in the last few minutes may be fine for some but I do not want to stay up until 1 AM to place a bid and I do not want to be tied to a computer just to be able to bid in that last few minutes. Unless there is a compelling reason to be bidding on an item like being hard to obtain or a very low price it is just not worth it to me. Saving a couple of dollars but giving up valuable time is not worth it therefore generally my approach is to wait until the last day or so and then bid my maximum and win some and loose some. I do not get excited by the thrill of the chase. |
| inthesticks:
The occasional great deal on e-bay is one thing but the occasional scumbag seller who does not bother to fix a minimum bid is another. On a couple of occasions I have run up against this. In one example a $10.00 bid won a new $100.00 gear box. The seller was quite willing to accept the price and shipping funds but when it came to shipping all I got was excuses. E-bay was no help, I had to threaten the guy with high bids on the rest of his items with no intention of following through before my funds were returned. Lost a couple of bucks on the exchange, not a big deal but who needs that kind of BS. Cheers CB |
| AdeV:
I mostly rely on "manual sniping" - typically bidding in the last 5 seconds of the auction. Even the sniper programs have a hard time with that... I did use a sniper program once - there was a very specific item I wanted, I was in Spain at the time, and a thunderstorm was due in which I knew would kill my internet connection right at the vital time. So I registered with an apparently popular and safe sniper setup. Won the auction (the snipe worked perfectly); but a week I discovered I was apparently selling a bunch of DVD box sets... Once bitten, twice shy, I will never use any auction sniper program again, ever. |
| NormanV:
Well, I'm kitted out with magnetic bases for the rest of my life. In the last two weeks I've bought three of them, the dearest £6.00 and the cheapest £3.40. The cheapest one turned out to be a real bargain, it has all the gubbins to mount a dial gauge, (dial gauges were my last mass search and purchase on ebay). It is obviously homemade but really well done. Great big knobs which make the locking an absolute wheeze, just a quick twist to nip it up. Whatever people say about Ebay it is great for bargains if you bide your time. |
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