Derek™ Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 This guy gets it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skadaddy Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 This guy gets it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratbrain Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 HOw to ebay 101 - Step 1 - Work out what is the most you're willing pay for the item Step 2 - Place bid with seconds to go. haha, thanks, i never really buy stuff off eBay so this never occurred to me also your I Hate Myself sig makes for a good Step 3 tomfiend 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
castaway Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 HOw to ebay 101 - Step 1 - Work out what is the most you're willing pay for the item Step 2 - Place bid with seconds to go. This x 1000000000000000000. Bidding any time before the final 10 seconds of the auction is just plain stupid, unless you genuinely enjoy paying more than you have to for things. Why do you think eBay blasts you with messages like "DONT MISS OUT, BID NOW" "BID NOW AND YOULL GET A GREAT DEAL". I'll tell you why, because the higher an item sells for, the more money eBay makes from it. It's clearly in their best interest to encourage people to bid early because that gives everyone else time to think "Hmmm, maybe I CAN spare a few more bucks!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickmollindo Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 I want to do very bad things to people who bid 10 times on something I want when it still has 5 days left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie...MakeDamnSure Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Oh my.. i quit this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TFP Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 Yeah, I hate when people put a max bid in @ 6Days+ to go. That will only drive up the price from idiots trying to outbid the max bid idiot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratbrain Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 well i sure feel like a dodo, gonna go bid on some rope and a stool ;[ turbobrando 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
213041284s Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 well i sure feel like a dodo, gonna go bid on some rope and a stool ;[ This is the funniest/saddest thing I have read on these boards ditc586 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TFP Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 well i sure feel like a dodo, gonna go bid on some rope and a stool ;[ My comment was in now way a slight towards you, I hope it didnt seem that way haha. When I made the comment it was a reaction to the previous comment on this page about bidding practices. I was generalizing. I am currently upset because I was bidding on the Inception soundtrack last week and I put a base-bid of $9.99 and the next guy comes along and outbids me, okay that's fine, but then a third bidder bids - and continues to bid - because idiot second bidder put a max in @5+Days to go. So, long story short Inception soundtrack ends (again) for $300+. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbobrando Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 well i sure feel like a dodo, gonna go bid on some rope and a stool ;[ Only to get outbid at the last second ratbrain 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metal Mike Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 well i sure feel like a dodo, gonna go bid on some rope and a stool ;[ Only to get outbid at the last second Thanks...I just spit coffee all over my monitor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomfiend Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 Only to get outbid at the last second What an excellent premise for a short film Fijirider, castaway and turbobrando 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfrancese5 Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 ummmm am I missing something here? http://www.ebay.com/itm/Jimmy-Eat-World-Chase-This-Light-LP-Vinyl-NEW-/360728949571?pt=Music_on_Vinyl&hash=item53fd1ef343 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somethingvinyl Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 ummmm am I missing something here? http://www.ebay.com/itm/Jimmy-Eat-World-Chase-This-Light-LP-Vinyl-NEW-/360728949571?pt=Music_on_Vinyl&hash=item53fd1ef343 Lazy Labrador effect? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billya Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 From an actual retailer, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
213041284s Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 that's pretty shitty of them. Wow. This album is like 10-15 bucks everywhere Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somethingvinyl Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 Maybe they thought this was Clarity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie...MakeDamnSure Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 ummmm am I missing something here? http://www.ebay.com/itm/Jimmy-Eat-World-Chase-This-Light-LP-Vinyl-NEW-/360728949571?pt=Music_on_Vinyl&hash=item53fd1ef343 Maybe they thought this was Clarity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie...MakeDamnSure Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 HOw to ebay 101 - Step 1 - Work out what is the most you're willing pay for the item Step 2 - Place bid with seconds to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
castaway Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Anyone else sketched out by this whole "Second Chance Offer" thing? What I mean is, I placed a bid on a record at the last second but it wasn't high enough to win. The auction ended at $1 higher. I was bidding more than I should have, and really more than I think it's worth, so I figured "Fuck it, you can have it other guy." 3 minutes after the auction ends I get a "second chance offer" to pay the bid that I placed, which was my MAX bid. Then I look at the actual high bidder on the auction and he is a new user with 0 feedback, and this is the only item he's bid on. So essentially it would be easy for the guy to make a new account to bid up the item, and then if he accidentally wins the item, he can instantly turn around and ask the next highest bidder to pay his MAX bid, when he potentially could have gotten it for a lot cheaper than that. I understand that you don't HAVE to accept the second offer, but regardless, that really irks me. Just venting here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtcohenour Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Anyone else sketched out by this whole "Second Chance Offer" thing? What I mean is, I placed a bid on a record at the last second but it wasn't high enough to win. The auction ended at $1 higher. I was bidding more than I should have, and really more than I think it's worth, so I figured "Fuck it, you can have it other guy." 3 minutes after the auction ends I get a "second chance offer" to pay the bid that I placed, which was my MAX bid. Then I look at the actual high bidder on the auction and he is a new user with 0 feedback, and this is the only item he's bid on. So essentially it would be easy for the guy to make a new account to bid up the item, and then if he accidentally wins the item, he can instantly turn around and ask the next highest bidder to pay his MAX bid, when he potentially could have gotten it for a lot cheaper than that. I understand that you don't HAVE to accept the second offer, but regardless, that really irks me. Just venting here. I've never been offered a second chance. I would probably turn it down as my max is my max. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomfiend Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Anyone else sketched out by this whole "Second Chance Offer" thing? What I mean is, I placed a bid on a record at the last second but it wasn't high enough to win. The auction ended at $1 higher. I was bidding more than I should have, and really more than I think it's worth, so I figured "Fuck it, you can have it other guy." 3 minutes after the auction ends I get a "second chance offer" to pay the bid that I placed, which was my MAX bid. Then I look at the actual high bidder on the auction and he is a new user with 0 feedback, and this is the only item he's bid on. So essentially it would be easy for the guy to make a new account to bid up the item, and then if he accidentally wins the item, he can instantly turn around and ask the next highest bidder to pay his MAX bid, when he potentially could have gotten it for a lot cheaper than that. I understand that you don't HAVE to accept the second offer, but regardless, that really irks me. Just venting here. Yeah if that's the case, that is a bit of bullshit and also illegal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtcohenour Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 Oh my.. Took the words right out of my mouth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
castaway Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 I ended up messaging him and just offering him 5 bucks less than the "second chance offer" and he took it. So there's that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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