eBay Strategy

[alfredo_buscatti]

I don't bid until only seconds are left. I set up two screens, one that I can refresh, to see the last bid, and the other to enter bid(s). If I want to bid, all I have to do is hit enter. I wait to submit my bid to the very last second so that no one can find out what to bid against my bid, to top it.

What's your strategy?

 

[user 2031]

Auto-bid.

 

[sstodvictory]

Not buying pipes any more, but when I was, the OP's method worked for me about half the time.

One time I set an auto-bid so high that I knew everyone else would be out-bid no matter what - just to see how high an unusually large Wally Frank rusticated Canadian could go. I think I paid $92 for it, which might be the highest price a Wally Frank has ever been driven to.

Steve

 

[Brewdude]

To date I've bought exactly one thing from e-bait and it wasn't pipe related.

Frankly I normally avoid that site like the plague, and I seldom go there.

Of course ymmv.



Cheers,

RR

 

[tech2576]

I normally enter my top bid in auto-bid and walk away till it's over.

 

[leftover421]

Last second snipe just like you brother. It's cruel, it's mean, and it usually gets me a great pipe for a great price. :twisted:
Which reminds me.....Sorry to any brothers I may have sniped or will probably snipe a pipe from in the future. :lol!:

 

[bosun1]

Decide on how much I want to pay then wait to the last minute to enter it. If I want something so badly that I can't live without it I'll put in a ridiculous bid. If I'm willing to pay $200.00 for a $20.00 pipe for some reason then that's my bid. I figure if I don't spend my money my wife will..and she'll just waste it on food and clothing for the kids (g). I was severely tempted last night on an Empire State Tomahawk but a little over $50.00 was as far as I could talk myself into. Congrats to the winner!

 

[Wet Dottle]

Although I haven't used eBay in years, if I were to bid on anything I'd use a sniping engine.

 

[monbla256]

Although I haven't used eBay in years, if I were to bid on anything I'd use a sniping engine.

I'm with you! All's fair in 'e-prey and pipes :twisted: :twisted:

 

[Greyson]

I also have been a sniping convert for years, after getting about 4 items taken from me in a row in the last seconds of an auction. I was also told that 80% of ebay auctions are won by bids placed in the last 7 seconds of an auction. As that's how things are, I don't feel bad about doing it, even though it does seem unfair. Recently I've been using the free service provided by Gixen to snipe, and I'd recommend it, I used to have to be nailed at my pc at weird hours to try to get the items I wanted as the auction closed, but now its more like shopping.

 

[Kyle Weiss]

I go to the B&M.

8)

 

[bosun1]

My B&M sells cigars, cheap pipes, some OTC tobacco. It's mainly a pool hall. Closest tobacconist is an hour away...