AndyW
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 posted on 23/8/10 at 12:13 PM |
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Blooming E-bay
Not so much of a rant rather than a fed up! Been after an oe engine loom for mondeo 2.0 blacktop for a while. Missed out on one about a week ago and
then another appears. Bidding is not moving and within the last few seconds I enter my top bid. 3 seconds, 2 seconds..........1 second my bid of £15
gets smashed in the last second to £23. Obviously snipers, but damn frustrating again. Oh well the hunt continues. Maybe I need to make some time to
hunt the breakers yards......
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Humbug
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| posted on 23/8/10 at 12:53 PM |
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If £15 was your top bid, then £23 is higher so fair enough? Or do you mean £15 wasn't really your top bid? 
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Richard Quinn
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| posted on 23/8/10 at 01:03 PM |
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I would've thought that it would have to have been 22 quid (unless the latest ebay scam is to move in 8 quid increments!)
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Danozeman
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| posted on 23/8/10 at 01:23 PM |
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I would've thought that it would have to have been 22 quid (unless the latest ebay scam is to move in 8 quid increments!)
Wouldnt surprise me in ths lightest if tey did that.
Iv missed loads recently for 50p above my max.. I never wait until the last now. i just bid what i want to pay then forget about it until after its
finished.
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loggyboy
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| posted on 23/8/10 at 01:24 PM |
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Sniping is an artform, sadly, most people use sniping software now which is a little unfair.
But at the end of the day, if you were prepared to bay £15 and someone else £23, then thats that.
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eddie99
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| posted on 23/8/10 at 01:29 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Danozeman
Iv missed loads recently for 50p above my max.. I never wait until the last now. i just bid what i want to pay then forget about it until after its
finished.
I've resorted to that aswell
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hughpinder
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| posted on 23/8/10 at 02:57 PM |
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I do to - just put in my maximum at the start and wait to see what happens.
Regards
Hugh
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Liam
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| posted on 23/8/10 at 04:35 PM |
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Much better to put your maximum in at the end. Gives you the best chance of a low price, and if you do that and still loose you can't really
moan - you were beaten fair and square.
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omega 24 v6
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| posted on 23/8/10 at 04:47 PM |
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I bid at the end as well. If you bid at the start with your max then he can get his mates to bid up to see how high it goes. If tthey out bid you then
the transaction takes place (Hypothetically).
Do it at the end and there is no time for this scenario and you do stand a chance of getting a better bargain.
If it looks wrong it probably is wrong.
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Ben_Copeland
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| posted on 23/8/10 at 07:23 PM |
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I've lost out on loads of stuff recently. Even bidding in the last 5 seconds I still get out bid. Pisses me right off.
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