Bidding on Ebay is pointless !!! - Page 2

Jimbuna · 08-21-10, 02:55 AM

I agree with the problems people encounter because of these 'Bots'.....it is really offputting.

I only make a purchase using the 'Buy It Now' option if I think the price being asked is a fair one.

My own personal experience is that after a few purchases with the same dealer a trusting relationship can develop and some are willing to deal direct.

08-21-10, 03:12 AM

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I was in the Goodwill Store the other day and there were folks using scanners to pick the best books for sale in their own stores. So now even the Goodwill is part the bidding war.

Charity stores are great places to make money.

papa_smurf · 08-21-10, 04:53 AM

The amount of times i've been outbid by a couple of pence with just a few seconds to go

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Hardly ever use E-bay now, its getting worse.

Tchocky · 08-21-10, 08:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

The only time I ever use Ebay is if they have something I want for the right 'Buy It Now' price.

^This^, mostly

Still keep my eyes out for interesting stuff, have got a lot of nice vinyl through careful bidding

sharkbit · 08-21-10, 11:20 AM

90% of the time I do "Buy It Now" as well, but I've won a few auctions thru bidding, even recently.

It seems that the key to winning bids is to get buyer's remorse(or should that be "bidder's" remorse?

) after placing your bid and then kinda hoping that you don't win. Then you're sure to win.

That's happened to me afew times. The biggest one was when I was kinda looking for a DSLR camera and I placed a bid on an Olympus E-500 and I got a bad case of remorse after bidding. I ended up winning but got a great deal on it.

Castout · 08-21-10, 09:20 PM

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Originally Posted by SteamWake

I have tried on several occasions to bid on various items on Ebay as of late.

Every time when I think I have a winning bid I am out bid by a dollar or so at the last second. I mean literally at the last second, so fast you will never have a chance to put in a higher bid.

I later learned that it is being done by 'bots' automated bidding programs. Often by the very person selling the item.

So... I just dont bother any more. If it has a buy now option with a decent price I might consider that but bidding... pffft you cannot compete with a machine.

Ebay has made statements on the practice and since they cant really control it they have decided its okay

Bidding... LOL more like price adjustment.

Lol . . . .bid with your own bots and you can set the upper limit aside from the increase per bid. I think they are widely available

What you described happens in Real life bidding too . . .from tonnes of heavy equipment to . . . .anything

SteamWake · 08-21-10, 09:45 PM

Yea see like I said ... pointless.

08-21-10, 02:55 AM	#16
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,483 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	I agree with the problems people encounter because of these 'Bots'.....it is really offputting. I only make a purchase using the 'Buy It Now' option if I think the price being asked is a fair one. My own personal experience is that after a few purchases with the same dealer a trusting relationship can develop and some are willing to deal direct. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

08-21-10, 04:53 AM	#18
papa_smurf Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: High Peak, Derbyshire Posts: 2,851 Downloads: 33 Uploads: 0	The amount of times i've been outbid by a couple of pence with just a few seconds to go. Hardly ever use E-bay now, its getting worse. __________________

08-21-10, 11:20 AM	#20
sharkbit The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 1,529 Downloads: 334 Uploads: 0	90% of the time I do "Buy It Now" as well, but I've won a few auctions thru bidding, even recently. It seems that the key to winning bids is to get buyer's remorse(or should that be "bidder's" remorse? ) after placing your bid and then kinda hoping that you don't win. Then you're sure to win. That's happened to me afew times. The biggest one was when I was kinda looking for a DSLR camera and I placed a bid on an Olympus E-500 and I got a bad case of remorse after bidding. I ended up winning but got a great deal on it. __________________ “Prejudice is blind. There will always be someone who says you aren’t welcome at the table. Stop apologizing for who you are and using all your energy trying to change their minds. Yes, you will lose friends, maybe even family. But you will gain your self-respect. You will know your worth. Once you have that, nothing can stop you.”

08-21-10, 09:45 PM	#22
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Yea see like I said ... pointless. __________________ Follow the progress of Mr. Mulligan : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=147648