Stupid eBay Question

**peabody** · #1 05-20-2010, 07:47 AM

As much I hate eBay, I have been shopping there for a deal on a Les Paul.

I found one I felt was acceptable, but since the auction ended in the wee hours of the morning, I put my best price in before I went to bed. When I went to bed, I was the high bidder. Of course I lost the auction (I usually do), but I only lost it by $.99. I bid $1200.01 and the winning bid was $1201.00.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't there usually a requirement for the next bid to be $10 or $25 over the previous bid? If you use one of the sniping software methods, will that let you be only a dollar over the previous bid? This was a no-reserve auction if that makes a difference.

I hate eBay...but I keep going back.

Jim Nazium · #2 05-20-2010, 09:00 AM

The previous bid could have been $1191 with a $10 increment.

hdracer · #3 05-20-2010, 09:03 AM

Get Auction Sniper, It is the only way to play the ebay game
http://www.auctionsniper.com/

Pilgrim · #4 05-20-2010, 09:10 AM

Everything on Ebay is sniping. The auction doesn't really start until the last 2 minutes.

I agree with the Auctionsniper idea - I've used it for a long time. If you can't be there, a sniping service is the ONLY way to go.

The increments very depending on the auction - you simply got outbid, probably in the last 15 seconds.

PSPookie · #5 05-20-2010, 09:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pilgrim

Everything on Ebay is sniping. The auction doesn't really start until the last 2 minutes.

I agree with the Auctionsniper idea - I've used it for a long time. If you can't be there, a sniping service is the ONLY way to go.

The increments very depending on the auction - you simply got outbid, probably in the last 15 seconds.

And this is why I'll only do BIN on ebay.

MakiSupaStar · #6 05-20-2010, 09:14 AM

I hate ebay. I still haven't been able to buy anything on it. Once I won an auction for a guitarron. So I sent the guy the money to the address he gave me via money order (as he requested) and the guy claimed he never got the check. Then when I confirmed the address with him (copy and pasted from his email) he said 'why did you send it to that address? I don't live there. It should go to this address.' I cancelled the check and got my money back. Then the guy hit me up like a week later, after I already told him I'm pulling my money out of this deal, complaining that the check that I sent him didn't work. That was my only experience with ebay.

**peabody** · #7 05-20-2010, 09:30 AM

So is there like an invisible snipe fight if there are several snipes attached to an auction? I wonder how that works. Last snipe standing?

MatticusMania · #8 05-20-2010, 10:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MakiSupaStar

I hate ebay. I still haven't been able to buy anything on it. Once I won an auction for a guitarron. So I sent the guy the money to the address he gave me via money order (as he requested) and the guy claimed he never got the check. Then when I confirmed the address with him (copy and pasted from his email) he said 'why did you send it to that address? I don't live there. It should go to this address.' I cancelled the check and got my money back. Then the guy hit me up like a week later, after I already told him I'm pulling my money out of this deal, complaining that the check that I sent him didn't work. That was my only experience with ebay.

I only bought on eBay once, and I paid more than I originally wanted to for the item. Luckily I was able to trade it off to someone for someone worth even more, so in the end: I win, eBay loses.

Yerf Dog · #9 05-20-2010, 10:56 AM

Link to LP auction?

I only use BuyItNow on eBay. I don't have the attention span to 'win' an auction.

MJ5150 · #10 05-20-2010, 10:57 AM

When I buy stuff on eBay, I sit in front of my computer for the last minute hitting refresh every second until it ends to make sure I won.

-Mike

martin.gauthier · #11 05-20-2010, 11:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by peabody

As much I hate eBay, I have been shopping there for a deal on a Les Paul.

I found one I felt was acceptable, but since the auction ended in the wee hours of the morning, I put my best price in before I went to bed. When I went to bed, I was the high bidder. Of course I lost the auction (I usually do), but I only lost it by $.99. I bid $1200.01 and the winning bid was $1201.00.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't there usually a requirement for the next bid to be $10 or $25 over the previous bid? If you use one of the sniping software methods, will that let you be only a dollar over the previous bid? This was a no-reserve auction if that makes a difference.

I hate eBay...but I keep going back.

The winning bid was for a max of $1201.00. Your bid failed to beat it because it was not $10 more (only 1200.01). There was no way you could know that that other bid's max was 1201, but if you'd noticed it then, you would have definitely won if you had only put in 1211.

**peabody** · #12 05-20-2010, 11:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yerf Dog

Link to LP auction?

I only use BuyItNow on eBay. I don't have the attention span to 'win' an auction.

Here's the link...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...=STRK:MEDWX:IT

It's kind of a goofy auction. I was a little hesitant because the seller talks more about himself than he does about the guitar.

FWIW...

MJ5150 · #13 05-20-2010, 12:04 PM

Cool mask. I'd be more interested in that than some silly guitar.

-Mike

Jonyak · #14 05-20-2010, 01:05 PM

I'm suprised anyoen even uses ebay anymore... it seems like its just a clearing house for business's anymore.

it used to be really good for getting used stuff at good prices.

MJ5150 · #15 05-20-2010, 01:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jonyak

I'm suprised anyoen even uses ebay anymore... it seems like its just a clearing house for business's anymore.

it used to be really good for getting used stuff at good prices.

This is true.

Kind of like how craigslist has went from a good source for local deals to a haven for scammers and murderers.

-Mike