XT Fr Mech - waddi miss??

[gump]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0274387726

Just started looking for something like this, put on what I thought was pretty good bid, and went for over £40!! Is this normal, or are 31.6 BP like gold dust?

 

[orange71]

holy cow I've got one just like that sitting in front of me now :shock:

 

[dyna-ti]

should add this to the ebay-madness thread

 

[Anthony]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEDWX:IT&item=280274387726
Just started looking for something like this, put on what I thought was pretty good bid, and went for over £40!! Is this normal, or are 31.6 BP like gold dust?

I don't think they're all that rare at all.

I can't make out which bidder was you. Bidder 1 was guilty of craven incrementalism, Bidder 2 of bidding too much too early and bidders 3 and 4 went mad.

But I just wonder if sometimes a bidder thinks, oh bugger it I've got to have this, I'll bid £39.99, it won't cost anything like that much, but that'll settle it. And at the same moment, another bidder is thinking oh bugger it I've got to have this, I'll bid £45, it won't cost anything like that much, but that'll settle it. And the first is left thinking eh? And the other is left thinking bugger!

 

[gump]

yep thats what happens. I was 2, but had to go out etc, really idn't expect much interest and then couldn't believe how much someone else had bid so early!

End of the day, doesn't matter when you bid. He who pays most wins.

 

[Russell]

I bet the guy that won that is mad as hell!

 

[cchris2lou]

holly cow , I bought one NOS from Cannondale King on here for £10 .

 

[Anthony]

yep thats what happens. I was 2, but had to go out etc, really idn't expect much interest and then couldn't believe how much someone else had bid so early!
End of the day, doesn't matter when you bid. He who pays most wins.

No I disagree (for once!) - if your opponent is a craven incrementalist and you bid with three seconds to go, you can win even though he would have been willing to bid more than you had you given him time to do so.

What we don't seem to have seen a lot of yet on UK eBay is sniping. Let alone the more highly-developed form of warfare, sniper vs sniper.

 

[cchris2lou]

yep thats what happens. I was 2, but had to go out etc, really idn't expect much interest and then couldn't believe how much someone else had bid so early!
End of the day, doesn't matter when you bid. He who pays most wins.

No I disagree (for once!) - if your opponent is a craven incrementalist and you bid with three seconds to go, you can win even though he would have been willing to bid more than you had you given him time to do so.

What we don't seem to have seen a lot of yet on UK eBay is sniping. Let alone the more highly-developed form of warfare, sniper vs sniper.

most of us on here use snipes .

 

[Anthony]

most of us on here use snipes .

Doesn't sound as though Andy does!

Is this a sign of sniping do you think?
http://offer.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dl ... 0302027669

I don't understand how to read eBay history - it lists the winning bid twice, once from last night and once with 2 seconds to go, which is either very good work, or a snipe, or just the way eBay logs its own calculations.