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04-06-2010, 08:01 AM
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Auction Page made me MAD!
I bid on an item at Auction Arms (.com) only to find I lost on the LAST SECOND by ONE CENT. It appeared to be an automatic computer proxy bid, as my e-mail bid status informed me five minutes after the fact.
HOW IS THAT AN AUCTION? For once words fail me, so no more text. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! (anger).
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04-06-2010, 09:30 AM
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I have had that happen more than once, and it is more than a little frustrating. I still buy off and on on gunbroker, but I have almost quit buying from online sites anymore because of that kinda thing.
GoodOlBoy
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04-06-2010, 01:49 PM
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Along these lines, I did a silent auction several years ago for a DU goose print that was up for auction at Dick's Sporting Goods. I bid $150.01. When the guy called me to tell me that I had won the framed print, he told me that I had won by 1 penny. Several people had bid $150 and there would have been a tie breaker but for my $0.01 added to that $150. Made me feel good. Reminds me of a clays tournament that I was shooting. They had a side game going where they were throwing 3 pairs of minis right along a pond just barely over the surface. These things were humming. Anyway, the guy throwing the targets was telling me that there were several people that had broke 5 of the 6 and that if I broke 5 of the 6 I would be involved in the shootoff. So, I proceeded to break 6 out of 6 and I heard the thrower say "That is interesting". I then went over to the 2 man flurry with my shooting partner and we broke 48 out of the 50 targets and took 1st place in that one too. I walked out of there with somewhere close to $100 and my shooting buddy said they might shoot me as I left (i.e., I was from 3 counties north and they didn't take too kindly to a northern boy coming down and cleaning up). Won the flurry again the next year, but they didn't have the 6 minis game. LOL Some days you'll lose by a penny and some days you'll win by a penny. Don't get discouraged.
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04-06-2010, 11:30 PM
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The reason I decided to start "sniping" is because the first time I started bidding on something on e-bay was for a pair of carbon fiber bicyle wheels that I told myself I wouldn't bid more than $900 for. Well, I started bidding on them with 5 minutes to go in the auction and another bidder and I got into a bidding war. Next thing I know, I was up to $1,300 for them. Luckily, I came to my senses and let him win at something like $1,350. Afterward, I reflected upon it and told myself never again. When an item gets higher than I like in bidding before we get to the last minute of the auction, then I just delete it from my watched items. Plain and simple. Some auction sites keep auctions open for a couple of minutes after the last bid made so that bidding wars can continue on and then the "true" price is determined just like a regular auction would be handled. Personally, I like the firm auction end time so that everybody can bid their maximum toward the end and the madness can stop there. Anyway, after waking up several times in the wee early morning such that it felt like I should be getting ready to go hunting instead of sitting in front of the computer, I found out about a program that allows me to snipe on e-bay. I just enter the auction number, my maximum price, and how soon before the auction end I want it to enter my maximum price and it takes care of all of it for me. So, I don't have to worry about being in Court or meeting with a client when an auction is scheduled to end. It makes life a lot simpler.
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04-07-2010, 07:31 PM
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fabsroman,
I can understand why you use it, but in my eyes it defeats the theory of what an auction is. I (from my point of view) see it as the site allowing cheating, if they are to cheap to monitor the stuff and not assure fairness, they are little better than an cheesy online Asian bazaar. (Ask Dom to tell you about the Asian Markets just inside the Czech border) With the human element gone, it is not truly an auction. I know a real auction has people on the phones bidding, but a human is waving that goofy little paddle for the guy/gal on the phone.
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I tell you I don't get no respect. Why, the surgeon general, he offered me a cigarette. (Rodney)
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04-09-2010, 08:51 PM
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The way I look at a sniping program is the way I look at hiring an agent to bid on something for you. You can hire a person (i.e., an agent) to represent you at an auction and give him/her instructions as to what your max bid price is. The exact same thing is done with these sniping programs. Essentially, the agent and the program allow you to avoid having to attend the auction. Difference is that a sniping program cannot be used at a non-internet auction. Just like hiring an agent, the sniping program charges a fee for each auction you win.
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04-10-2010, 12:56 PM
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I buy off Ebay quite a bit...when I bid I bid my MAXIMUM amount I am willing to spend...if I win the auction then I win the auction. I dont care if I lose by $100 or 1 cent because I already bid the MAXIMUM I am willing to spend on a particular item.
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04-10-2010, 01:26 PM
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I use GunBroker for buying and selling; never have had a problem.
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04-10-2010, 02:00 PM
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FBC...welcome back to the foeum! Dan
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04-11-2010, 12:01 AM
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Technically, E-bay isn't a silent auction, but with all the sniping that goes on in the last couple of seconds that is usually how it ends up. With e-bay, the reason I hate entering my maximum bid before the end of the auciton is that somebody always has to come along and test it. They enter what they are initially willing to pay and don't beat me. So, what do they do next? They enter another $10 to see if that will beat me. Nope. Then what? Another $10. Still don't beat me. Then what? You guessed it, another $10. So, it ends up costing me more than just dropping that final number in on the auction with 4 seconds left. No time for me to spend another $40 to $50 above what I was willing to spend and likewise no time for somebody to ratchet up the price another $40 to $50 on me if I am the high bidder.
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