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03-15-2012, 04:08 PM | #141 |
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I think people should stop using the word rare in auctions.
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03-15-2012, 04:12 PM | #142 |
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Snipers, snipers , SNIPERS. I f*cking hate it when people literally wait til the last 10 seconds of an auction, so petty.
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I can't stand people who pop in at the last minute to bid up and win one of my auctions and then don't pay for two days. It's like "you were just here, just online, just purchased it. How hard is it to just go ahead and finish with Paypal?"
And people who complain or leave low star ratings because they think I overcharged them for S&H, because I charged $12 and the postage says $10.30. No one seems to take into consideration the packing, the packing supplies like tape, bubble wrap, boxes, etc... These things aren't free. |
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03-15-2012, 04:16 PM | #144 |
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03-15-2012, 04:22 PM | #145 |
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that too but I seem to come across more snipers than shill bidders, maybe its the items I bid on but still its always been one of my pet peeves. Example a few weeks back a SSC Exclusive gen hawk head portrait was going for $10.75 and within the last 20 seconds it skyrocketed to $40 I thought I was in the clear when I put my bid for $25 at the last 15 seconds but no three more people came in right behind me and drove the price up before I could even refresh the damn page. Overall ebay really has become more user un-friendly, and where is the damn phone number to contact them.... you can't because they will only take e-mails or chat that they have provided, and even if you happen to e-mail them they hardly ever respond (some customer service that is) over the years its become more obvious that ebay really doesn't care about the people more so they care that you just use their website to make them money.
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03-15-2012, 04:23 PM | #146 |
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my biggest ebay pet peeve...EBAY!
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03-15-2012, 04:28 PM | #148 |
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03-15-2012, 04:36 PM | #149 |
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While annoying if you're trying to win an item, sniping is a legitimate strategy for winning auctions.
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03-15-2012, 04:39 PM | #150 |
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A couple reasons why I snipe and reasons why quoted from the following wiki.
Auction sniping - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia "Strategic Reasons for Sniping Experienced bidders of online auctions with fixed ending times often prefer entering bids late in the auction to avoid bidding wars (multiple rounds of bidders each increasing their maximum bid to temporarily regain "current highest bid" status) or bid chasing (where the presence of an existing bid encourages others to bid on the same item). " "Avoidance of Maximum Bid Fishing Many online auctions (such as eBay) use proxy bidding, an iterative sealed bid auction where winners pay a fixed increment over the second highest bid. The auctioner does not disclose the current maximum bid, but the second highest bid is always public. In proxy bidding, the wise bidder must know in advance the "true" value of an item as a basis for their secret bidding limit. The fact that the maximum bid is revealed when it is outbid introduces the possibility of maximum bid fishing. Bidders unsure of the value of an item may incrementally increase their bid until they narrowly exceed the previously hidden maximum, thus placing themselves in a winning position without placing a very high bid. Sniping eliminates this possibility and effectively converts the auction to a Vickrey auction, the same as a proxy bidding auction except that all bids are kept secret until the close of bidding." "Shill Avoidance This opens a loop-hole to fraudulent practice by a shill which allows an agent for the seller, which may be another account of the seller to raise the bid to the maximum. They then hope the original bidder will increase their maximum bid even by a small amount to win the auction. The danger to the seller in this case is that the original bidder may not choose to increase their bid, leaving the seller with a futile transaction (selling the item to themselves) which will still incur a fee from the auction service. However, it is possible for the seller to avoid this fee by submitting a mutually agreed cancellation from the buyer and seller application which will result in the waiving of the auction fee as well as a 'free relist' credit." "The failure of a maximum acceptable bid beaten by a sniper prepared to pay more is not due to the act of sniping, unless the original bidder would have bid higher when they saw the price rise. For this reason, opposition to sniping can be analyzed as more of a subjective reaction to simply losing an auction for the usual reason (not bidding high enough), than a reaction to a "dirty trick". In other words, you would have still beaten the sniper if you'd placed your maximum bid higher than the sniper is willing to pay." Last edited by spiderpumpkin; 03-15-2012 at 04:47 PM.. |
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