So I found some things I was/am interested in bidding on, but people are being stupid and pricing me out. When the first person bids the asking price 6 days before the auction ends then don't counter that by doubling the price only to have them raise it by a dollar. Wait till the last second that you can bid and then up the price.

12/7/2010 11:55:24 PM

people still use ebay?

12/7/2010 11:56:55 PM

Yeah there is lots of cool sports memorabilia on there. It's too bad that some people are stupid and start a bidding war a week before the auction ends, only to have a $24 item become $775.

12/8/2010 12:04:07 AM

I was going to be helpful, then I saw who the OP was

ok fine i'll be nice. find yourself some good sniping software.

12/8/2010 12:28:07 AM

^What is that?

Anyway, I still don't get why people would start a bidding war a week in advance. Just wait till the last possible second that you can bid and then put in your bid. If you leave for work, or to go to a game and they beat your bid then oh well.

12/8/2010 1:05:12 AM

Well, the way they did it, they avoided ^. The price would probably get that high anyway. Why does it matter if it's 3 days or 3 seconds before the auction ends?

12/8/2010 1:09:33 AM

^I'm just saying, it started at less than $10 and is up to $36 dollars last time I checked. Why not wait to make your move at the latest point you can bid, so that you can win it at $36 instead of letting them up it to $37 tomorrow.

12/8/2010 1:30:17 AM

Maybe by bidding higher early on they drive away the possibility of a potential last second bidding war that might be more costly?

12/8/2010 6:34:58 PM

G.O.D will want to see this thread

12/8/2010 6:50:05 PM

Quote :

"buy it now"

12/8/2010 7:01:15 PM

jesus, is it 1998?

12/8/2010 7:02:32 PM

i really want a new phone right now but these f00ls are not replying to their email

12/8/2010 7:51:04 PM

might be one of their friends making the initial bid

unless you're willing to pay the buy now, you almost have to count on sniping the bid at the last second, just as a rule

12/8/2010 8:34:01 PM

^Yeah, I have lost doing that. I thought sending a bid with 10 seconds left would win it for me. I guess not.

12/9/2010 12:43:11 AM

My stuff finally came today. I bought the last 2 star wars pez heads I didn't have and the entire collection of pins from the 1996 Olympic soccer host cities (Washington DC, Birmingham, Orlando, Miami, Atlanta).

12/11/2010 7:50:38 PM

you're a stud now

12/11/2010 7:52:58 PM

^Yep! I actually have a pretty good collection of soccer stuff from the Olympics and FIFA World Cup that I have bought on ebay.





I also have a collection of coins like this from 1994...

http://www.hsn.com/collectibles/1994-prestige-proof-set_pf-908594_xp.aspx?&mr:referralID=f39eebe4-058d-11e0-af68-001b2166becc&rdr=1&cm_mmc=ShoppingEngine-_-Pricegrabber-_-Collectibles-_-908594

[Edited on December 11, 2010 at 8:21 PM. Reason : .]

12/11/2010 8:21:41 PM

i won 30 cassette tapes on ebay

because i am the shit

12/11/2010 8:24:01 PM

^That is teh awesome. I'm just glad I don't have a lot of money and a really big open room with lots of display cases, or I would clean out ebay.




[Edited on December 11, 2010 at 8:42 PM. Reason : .]

12/11/2010 8:40:58 PM

fuck

those

medals

12/11/2010 9:50:43 PM

^I think they are cool! So is Sam the Eagle!

12/11/2010 10:16:59 PM

Just put in the price you would pay for it.

Then if anyone snipes it you wouldn't have wanted it at that price anyway.

12/11/2010 10:39:59 PM

^Good point, but who wouldn't want to get something for $10 when it starts at $9 even if you are willing to pay $30 for it?

12/12/2010 12:37:06 AM

Doesn't Ebay do that automatically?

If it starts at $9, you put in a bid of 30, and nobody else bids on it, you get it for $9 right?

12/12/2010 12:44:21 AM

^I wouldn't know. I have only gotten into bidding wars before and came out on top.

12/12/2010 1:43:07 AM

^^ yes, it would be 9, only raises when someone else bids

12/12/2010 2:06:07 AM

And here is my latest find. It is commemorative pins from all of the 1996 Olympic host cities. Too many soccer games have to be played in 2 weeks time, so the men's and women's tournaments are always played across the entire nation of the host city. Washington DC, Orlando, Miami, and Birmingham hosted games. I pinned them to a mini flag I had.

12/12/2010 2:45:35 AM

I bought a IR flashlight from some guy in China, and it never arrived. But i didn't know it never arrived until it was too late to rate my seller. I basically burned $20 and will never use eBay again, or recommend it to anyone.

12/12/2010 2:53:13 AM

.^I've never had any problems besides I thought one of my 1930 World Cup medals was supposed to be silver and it was bronze like the other one. I don't care though because it actually looks better the way it is. With ebay you can fight it and get your money back if your item never comes. Craigslist is where you have to be careful. Someone got my sisters washing machine for free. I don't remember what happened exactly, but they ripped her off. I was lucky when I bought my yard darts on craigslist from a guy in St. Louis. I sent him the money order and he sent the darts. We were two honest people. I could have never sent the money order and there wouldn't have been much he could have done about it.

I wish I had a place to put them because there are some really good deals on signed boxing gloves with COA.

[Edited on December 12, 2010 at 3:09 AM. Reason : .]

12/12/2010 3:08:00 AM

Quote :

"If it starts at $9, you put in a bid of 30, and nobody else bids on it, you get it for $9 right"

yes, that is the key. people aren't necessarily outbidding you at the last moment.

1. price starts at $9 (with $1 bid increments); current price is $10
2. you bid $11 at the last minute
3. you still lose the auction. why? because someone else, whether it was after your last-minute bid, or 3 days ago, bidded $20. the "current price" doesn't reflect the max bid. if someone's bid covers the next $1 increment, it will climb that $1 whether they added $1 or $1000.

so basically, just put in the most you're willing to pay for it with enough time for you to increase your bid if you have a change of heart after finding you're still not the high bidder.

12/12/2010 10:04:50 AM

I love ebay. I even got my wedding veil from there

I usually buy high ticket items (read jewelry) and have never had a problem. but then you need to do your research and stuff too when buying certain things.

12/12/2010 12:17:41 PM

^Yeah ebay is great but...ugh! I see so many things that cost about $30 to $60 dollars. I want all of them which could result in me spending over $200. Hopefully no one is searching the same topics I am, so I can maybe win some of these things.

12/18/2010 1:37:38 AM

Fuckin bought a cab off there a few weeks ago. Was supposed to be here 9 days ago at the latest, about to start crackin skulls

I'm AstralAdvent and i approved this message.

12/18/2010 3:31:04 AM

I'm so nervous! I just bid on something I want! I hope no one is looking for it because I will probably never find it again!

12/20/2010 1:27:53 AM

I won!







It's a 2008 Beijing Olympics Commemorative Soccer Medallion. For some reason I have started to enjoy collecting things off of ebay from every Olympic Games and FIFA World Cup that our US Men's National Team has played in. So far I have stuff from the 1930 World Cup, 1984 Olympics, 1994 World Cup, 1996 Olympics, and now 2008 Olympics.

12/20/2010 10:14:26 AM

12/20/2010 10:20:51 AM

I just wish they had some better stuff on ebay for Germany 2006 and South Africa 2010.

12/20/2010 10:53:11 AM

i enjoy shill bidding

12/20/2010 10:56:21 AM

I hate ebay.

12/20/2010 10:58:47 AM

^^LOL! ^I think it is fun to look at all of the over priced things on there and see what people own.

12/20/2010 11:01:15 AM

My latest purchase!





Now I just need 1934, 1950, 1990, 2006, and 2010 items to have something from every World Cup the USA has played in.

12/22/2010 1:14:51 AM

1950 is taken care of!

1/1/2011 4:39:03 PM

how is this thread still alive?

1/1/2011 8:06:09 PM

I don't know, but I really need to quit logging on to ebay. I keep finding too much cool stuff that I don't need to buy!

1/4/2011 2:09:02 AM

bump

12/3/2011 2:09:20 PM

12/3/2011 2:11:28 PM

WTF n***n?!??!

I was the only bidder on an open comb DE razor that I was hoping to get. And I was bidding at $6.01.

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THREE EFFING SECONDS BEFORE THE BIDDING ENDS, A GUY PUTS A BID IN FOR $6.51.

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look at the bid history...there were two bids...mine, and his, at the last second.

People like this make me want to become an arsonist.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290638124974#ht_3073wt_1015

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12/3/2011 2:14:04 PM

you got sniped, son. learn_to_bid

12/3/2011 2:16:05 PM

My latest ebay purchase!

12/3/2011 2:19:39 PM

ebay still has stuff you can't buy anywhere else online, so I don't know why people keep saying it's out of date.

Anything that has something you can't get somewhere else is not out of date at all.

12/3/2011 2:20:27 PM