PaRtZ Posted November 21, 2009 Report Share Posted November 21, 2009 What do you reckon? Morally speaking good or bad. Useful speaking good or bad?currently waiting 8 minutes for some climbing gear to sell to me for less than £1.50 hopefully Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyseemonkeydo Posted November 21, 2009 Report Share Posted November 21, 2009 What do you reckon? Morally speaking good or bad. Useful speaking good or bad?currently waiting 8 minutes for some climbing gear to sell to me for less than £1.50 hopefully Morally bad but good for buying stuff, especially if you know you're not going to be near a computer when the item finishes. I use Gixen but only when I'm not around at the auction end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaRtZ Posted November 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2009 I use Gixen but only when I'm not around at the auction end.Same, I just won a DMM climbing nut remover (for those that know)...for £1.20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolfa Posted November 21, 2009 Report Share Posted November 21, 2009 I use Justsnipe(.com) you get 5 free credits a week and it works well enough Can't see the problem with them morally, I'd only sit and wait for the last few seconds and do it manually otherwise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Harrison Posted November 21, 2009 Report Share Posted November 21, 2009 eBay auctions are often dogged by retards who have bid wars 2 days before the auction finishes, serving only to bump the price up.I decide the absolute maximum I want to pay for item, and drop the bid in the last few seconds. If everyone did that, then it wouldn't be a problem - it'd just mean that whoever bid highest would win. I don't see the point in bidding more than once. Why bid £50 if, when someone bids £60, you then go to £70? If you were prepared to pay £70, why not bid that in the first place?There are tactics involved, and this helps those with a bit of intelligence beat the retards.(Good price on the nut tool, too!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downhill_rob2@hotmail.com Posted November 21, 2009 Report Share Posted November 21, 2009 Why bid £50 if, when someone bids £60, you then go to £70? If you were prepared to pay £70, why not bid that in the first place?its like any auction.. maybe your prepared to pay £70, but why not try get it for £20 cheaper? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManxTrialSpaz Posted November 21, 2009 Report Share Posted November 21, 2009 its like any auction.. maybe your prepared to pay £70, but why not try get it for £20 cheaper?I'm not sure you know how eBay works... You enter a max bidding price and it automatically bids as low as it can upto your threshold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted November 21, 2009 Report Share Posted November 21, 2009 It pisses me off but i do it anyway becuase i know other people are doing it.I think there should be a fixed amount of time after someone has placed a bid before the item can end (if the item has 1 min to go and someone bids, it is brought back to 30 mins every time). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downhill_rob2@hotmail.com Posted November 21, 2009 Report Share Posted November 21, 2009 Iv never actually used ebay other than to use ¨buy it now¨ i wouldnt know where to start with bidding Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Harrison Posted November 22, 2009 Report Share Posted November 22, 2009 its like any auction.. maybe your prepared to pay £70, but why not try get it for £20 cheaper?Iv never actually used ebay other than to use ¨buy it now¨ i wouldnt know where to start with bidding Why 'buy it now' when you could bid and try to get it for £20 cheaper? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downhill_rob2@hotmail.com Posted November 22, 2009 Report Share Posted November 22, 2009 Why 'buy it now' when you could bid and try to get it for £20 cheaper?Because im lazy and never use ebay for anything other than if i cant find anything locally... i.e a headlight which was for £20 buy it now on eay, or local honda dealer for £200 new... im too lazy to learn how to use ebay properly, but to be honest, i dont really want to learn.Ebay has never really interested me THAT much anyways... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted November 22, 2009 Report Share Posted November 22, 2009 I just decide my maximum bid, then wack my bid in right at the end.Although that proved to be a bit silly a few months back, I tried to bid 1.00 on a maggy slave and ended up bidding 100.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrishayton Posted November 22, 2009 Report Share Posted November 22, 2009 I do it all the time and works brilliantly. People know it happens so I dont see the problem. If I'm bidding on something Ill find out what its worth and what i want to pay for it and stick that amount down in last 10 seconds. If im out bid then fair enough, beside its exciting selling things and watching them jump a few hundred quid in the last minute Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Vandart Posted November 22, 2009 Report Share Posted November 22, 2009 I just decide my maximum bid, then wack my bid in right at the end.Although that proved to be a bit silly a few months back, I tried to bid 1.00 on a maggy slave and ended up bidding 100.... Muel's sniped me a few times! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si-man Posted November 22, 2009 Report Share Posted November 22, 2009 I do it all the time and works brilliantly. People know it happens so I dont see the problem. If I'm bidding on something Ill find out what its worth and what i want to pay for it and stick that amount down in last 10 seconds. If im out bid then fair enough, beside its exciting selling things and watching them jump a few hundred quid in the last minuteThat happened when I sold one of the un dated 20p's. It was at like £80, then in the last minute went up to £230 odd haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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