ebay rant!!!!!
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snipe=cheat=period.
I always cancel my items before the end if they have no bids and loads of watchers.....
I want the best price for things the same as everyone who sells.....not for some cheater to enter a sniper and not give someone else chance to up their bid....
I always cancel my items before the end if they have no bids and loads of watchers.....
I want the best price for things the same as everyone who sells.....not for some cheater to enter a sniper and not give someone else chance to up their bid....
highlandsflyer
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In what way is is cheating?
I often bid at the last minute because it means less chance of shill bidding.
I often bid at the last minute because it means less chance of shill bidding.
Personally I look at it like this......It is an auction....or that is what they call it...in which case you bid until you get to the price you are happy to pay......
when people bid at the last minute they are essentially stopping the next person from upping their bid....
if everybody enetered their max bid before the listing ends then whoever wants it more would get the item......
instead people get an outside agency to enter a bid at the last possible second....this means that the auction finishes when the item has not reached its 'price'.....
Just the way I see it....would people who use the system to buy and get something for a low price be happy to let something go when others use the system on them..... :?
when people bid at the last minute they are essentially stopping the next person from upping their bid....
if everybody enetered their max bid before the listing ends then whoever wants it more would get the item......
instead people get an outside agency to enter a bid at the last possible second....this means that the auction finishes when the item has not reached its 'price'.....
Just the way I see it....would people who use the system to buy and get something for a low price be happy to let something go when others use the system on them..... :?
highlandsflyer
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Frankly that is rubbish.
I have bought thousands of items at auction, and I never show my hand until the last moment.
If you lose out in those circumstances as a buyer, you did not think long enough about how much you wanted to pay, or that amount was insufficient.
If you won as a sniper, you exceeded the existing bids, in which case you won it fair and square.
If you sold it, you got the price that it went for. You have no complaint.
If it exceeded your reserve what are you complaining about?
If not, your reserve exceeded the market.
I have bought thousands of items at auction, and I never show my hand until the last moment.
If you lose out in those circumstances as a buyer, you did not think long enough about how much you wanted to pay, or that amount was insufficient.
If you won as a sniper, you exceeded the existing bids, in which case you won it fair and square.
If you sold it, you got the price that it went for. You have no complaint.
If it exceeded your reserve what are you complaining about?
If not, your reserve exceeded the market.
highlandsflyer
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Actually in 'real' auctions it is best to show your hand as late as possible, in order to give little time for any 'arranged' counter bidding.
