4hammers Ebay clean out. NASCO goodies.

[Emu]

hey Rob,

Ta.
Sound advice.
Yeah I guess I normally follow that rough idea. I threw out my best bid on the mirror in the last few minutes and watched it go sailing on buy.

I wasn't able to actually be near a pewter at the end of the last one, so I threw out the bid early and went out. Came home and found an "Outbid Notice" in my inbox.

In retrospect, I think I was more disappointed than I thought, and that may indicate that I would've been prepared to pay more. So I should have bid higher before I went out.

Anyway, shite happens.

I'll put it down to experience and take the buggers down next time!!

Emu - Student of the "4 Hammers School of Ebay"

[Jonno]

folks,

there's a book, just published, on how to get the most out of eBay, both as a buyer and a seller:

'eBay HACKS' by David. A. Karp (ISBN: 0 596 00564 4)

makes very interesting reading...there's even people out there who will do the 'sniping' for you, for a small fee (e.g. http://www.esnipe.com and several others) so you can sit back and let it all happen....

cheers, Jonno

[4hammers]

Thanks al, that had a go. Don't worry, the money is going to a worthy cause. The Blown Copcar!!
Stay tuned.
Rob J

[Spinner]

4hammers & Emu,

I 'snipe' for items that I really want.  I learned the isea from the people that I bought my daughter's FE from - through ebay.  They mentioned it when I telephoned them for details (read many photographs) of the car.  After I thought about it for a bit, 'sniping' makes sense.  Put an initial bid in or 'Watch this item' then strike.  To me, the sense comes from keeping the buying price down, you don't give people time to react and outbid you.  Of course, you do need to do what 4hammers says about working out what your bid will be.

Cheers

Spinner

[normd]

Hey Guys
     Yea "sniping is the best on Ebay,   the other one at a normal auction , is a "shock bid"    , double the last guys bid , (as long as it's not over your budget) just before the Auctioneer drops the hammer.   Seen this done many times , the last business I was in before I left Sydney , was an "Auction Centre" in good old Blacktown , mainly liquidating Computer companies going bust , were lots in 1989-90.

    Norm