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05-29-2013, 09:47 PM | #21 |
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Is there a way to tell who, or how many people are bidding on something on eBay?
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05-29-2013, 09:49 PM | #22 |
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... and contacting other buyers is a bad idea.
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05-29-2013, 10:03 PM | #23 |
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I would like some feedback on this. I just started selling some of my extra stuff on ebay and I notice that the loose figs sell better than carded figs. I put up a loose Poc Hawk with a but it now for $12.99 and it sold very fast. I put up a carded Poc Hawk on a mint card and its just lingering with a few bids. This is just one example. I thought this would be the other way around.
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05-29-2013, 10:06 PM | #24 |
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Yeah, I can see someone contacting a bidder and say "please don't bid on this starduster anymore. I really want it but only have $25 to spend on it. Pleeeeeease don't bid." Are you kidding me? If I don't win an item, oh well, move on and buy something else.
Sometimes I'll wait till the last imnute sometimes I bid early. When you watch an item, it shows up sooner "most watched" in regular searches than making a simple early bid. Then, it's in your buying mainpage without you actually watching the item.
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05-29-2013, 10:12 PM | #25 |
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It's the same with pretty much every toy line. Seems like most people are not MOC collectors and don't want to have to pay a premium for something they're just going to open anyway. I personally always look for loose stuff and I always have lots of competition. Meanwhile the MOC stuff just sits there.
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05-29-2013, 10:43 PM | #26 |
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For example, if I am not willing to pay more than $100 for an auction on eBay and I put my maximum bid accordingly, I'm not "sniped" if someone outbids me by bidding more than $100. Here's another example: I bid incrementally, $5 or so at a time, trying to win an auction for as low a price as possible. I'm willing to pay $100 at most but I'm incrementally bidding, and the auction sits at $45 for a while. At the last moment, I'm outbid by someone who put in a bid for $80 and I can't outbid the other person in time because I'm only bidding in $5 increments and I lose the auction. Here's a case where I am sniped because I wasn't willing to put in the absolute amount of money I was willing to pay. In that second example, unless that hypothetical person bidding against me in the auction was willing to pay more than $100 maximum, I would have won the auction if I had simply put in my maximum bid in the first place instead of incrementally bidding. eBay's bidding system will automatically bid on your behalf against other bids up to your maximum bid. This way, you don't have to constantly watch auctions that you are bidding in. This is why sniping cannot happen to people who put in the maximum bid they are willing to pay. If they are outbid, they aren't sniped, they are outbid by people who are willing to pay more money for an auction. It's a simple system that many people don't utilize correctly. The maximum bid system is also a way to help people avoid getting caught up in bidding wars and accidentally paying much more than they are actually willing to pay for an auction item. By deciding a maximum bid, a bidder doesn't have to go "Damn! I didn't want to pay $60 for this!". |
05-29-2013, 11:02 PM | #27 |
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No. I said that if a person bids incrementally, they can get sniped. I didn't say anything about alleged snipers.
For example, if I am not willing to pay more than $100 for an auction on eBay and I put my maximum bid accordingly, I'm not "sniped" if someone outbids me by bidding more than $100. Here's another example: I bid incrementally, $5 or so at a time, trying to win an auction for as low a price as possible. I'm willing to pay $100 at most but I'm incrementally bidding, and the auction sits at $45 for a while. At the last moment, I'm outbid by someone who put in a bid for $80 and I can't outbid the other person in time because I'm only bidding in $5 increments and I lose the auction. Here's a case where I am sniped because I wasn't willing to put in the absolute amount of money I was willing to pay. In that second example, unless that hypothetical person bidding against me in the auction was willing to pay more than $100 maximum, I would have won the auction if I had simply put in my maximum bid in the first place instead of incrementally bidding. eBay's bidding system will automatically bid on your behalf against other bids up to your maximum bid. This way, you don't have to constantly watch auctions that you are bidding in. This is why sniping cannot happen to people who put in the maximum bid they are willing to pay. If they are outbid, they aren't sniped, they are outbid by people who are willing to pay more money for an auction. It's a simple system that many people don't utilize correctly. The maximum bid system is also a way to help people avoid getting caught up in bidding wars and accidentally paying much more than they are actually willing to pay for an auction item. By deciding a maximum bid, a bidder doesn't have to go "Damn! I didn't want to pay $60 for this!".
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05-29-2013, 11:08 PM | #28 |
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I could be wrong, I've never done any actual research into this, but in my experience it seems like the lower the price, the more action there is right at the end.
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05-29-2013, 11:31 PM | #29 |
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In my experience on eBay, which is extensive with over 150 auctions won over the last several years, less than 10 lost, snipers normally do not put in a true maximum bid. What I mean by this is that they incrementally bid as well. So when they see a relatively low max bid on an item near the end of the auction time, they tend to bid $10-$20 over the max current bid, hoping to steal an auction at a relatively low price.
The sniping tactic doesn't work if the high bidder that they try to steal an auction from actually put in a relatively high max bid. Since eBay's system will bid on your behalf to your maximum bid entered, again, unless the sniper puts in their true max bid that is higher than your max bid, you will win the auction. I suggest to people who aren't too familiar with eBay or too experienced with it, do this: Compare two identical products being offered through eBay. The first should be an auction on eBay that is up for bidding. The second should be the same item but it is being sold for a "Buy it now" set price. Often, the auctioned item will escalate to a price that is higher than the "Buy it now" alternative! It's silly how some people get caught up in bidding wars and end up paying more money than necessary for an item on eBay. I've seen this commonly happen with Hot Toys figures and premium Transformers toys. |
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The only downside to that, is that I think auctions that have a really low bid value attract more snipers. So if you want to bid on something that is sitting at $20 it's going to have more watchers than if you had just put in your max bid, and it got bid up to $45 during the week.
I could be wrong, I've never done any actual research into this, but in my experience it seems like the lower the price, the more action there is right at the end.
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