Deogolf wrote:Let me first, and foremost, apologize to King and everyone else I may have offended. That wasn't my intention - done out of frustration, my bad! I hate sniping, always will. I'll probably never do it either - yes, frustration!!
Deogolf wrote:You'll get no more eye rolls!! Let me first, and foremost, apologize to King and everyone else I may have offended. That wasn't my intention - done out of frustration, my bad! I hate sniping, always will. I'll probably never do it either - yes, frustration!!So, again, accept my apologies!I've been lurking around these forums for some time and have enjoyed reading them and gathering other bits of info I didn't know before about certain items. Heck, I think I may have won some auctions by some of you (i.e. BTB, bclarkie, et al.).So, keep up the good work! I bury the hatchet!!
mbassoc2003 wrote:Signed Glorantha MScgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewIte ... RK:MEWA:ITI'm really pissed at having missed this. Just wasn't watching my screen.
red_bus wrote:Deogolf wrote:Let me first, and foremost, apologize to King and everyone else I may have offended. That wasn't my intention - done out of frustration, my bad! I hate sniping, always will. I'll probably never do it either - yes, frustration!!That is very honourable of you. (by the way - you aren't the Deogolf who bids on ebay are you...)
Deadlord39 wrote:We already went thru that. An auction could go on forever under those circumstances. No point in it.
Marlith wrote:Deadlord39 wrote:We already went thru that. An auction could go on forever under those circumstances. No point in it.Sorry too busy setting snipes to read the whole thread....just kidding. I can see that but the seller could specify a second limit be it time or number of extensions. They could also end it at any time accepting the bid that was currently the high bid as the closing bid. Or eBay could just offer (if they do already please fogive my not knowing this and perhaps bringing up an already beat horse) live auctions and then that would have the same effect. Me I do not see an issue with snipes. If you want something place a normal bid that is high enough it makes the snipes ineffective. That means you are going to have to pay a premium though.
Marlith wrote:First off...Hello my name is Bryan...and I snipe . That out of the way I used to not snipe and paid too much way to often. I then used to manually snipe...paid less and got a lot less sleep. Now I use BidNip, thanks BtB I think it was that suggested it, and now I get almost enough sleep and pay less. With that being said I would not be upset if eBay added an auction function where if there was a bid within 1 minute of the close it would extend the auction for a specified period of time. I would think this would need to be clearly indicated and perhaps a pay feature as it would in the end net the seller more money.
Mars wrote:I was just wondering if anyone knows if Ebay actuallys owns any of the sniping companies? It just seems to me that with owning Ebay and Paypal they should also have their own company, maybe Ebid, that will bid for you so they can take another percentage. Makes good business sense to me. Then they could adjust their Ebay software to only interface it to work with Ebid and monopolize that market too.
mbassoc2003 wrote:All the evidence I have seen seems to show that prices are increasing. Over the past two years the price of the JG rares has almost doubles in some cases, and the non-TSR rares and uncommons are seriously going up in price. Its also not unknown for certain TSR items to top $2000.
grodog wrote:mbassoc2003 wrote:All the evidence I have seen seems to show that prices are increasing. Over the past two years the price of the JG rares has almost doubles in some cases, and the non-TSR rares and uncommons are seriously going up in price. Its also not unknown for certain TSR items to top $2000.Well, a good chunk of the non-TSR price increases can be laid at your doorstep, Ian Seren Ironhand used to sell for $25-35, for example. It doesn't go for less than $50-60 now....As a manual sniper, I've learned to live with being beaten out on items I want, which is fine because in most cases they'll come up on eBay again some other time, and perhaps the price'll be cheaper. Patience is the key to finding the items you want at the prices you want; I think Seren Ironhand is the only book that I bought recently that feel like I paid more than I wanted to, but I didn't really have a choice anymore. I was able to find Calthonwey, Booty & the Beasts, Outdoor Geos, etc., etc. on the cheap by waiting for the right price, and then getting lucky. I certainly got outbid in many cases during that process, but eventually something came through.