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Old Oct 1, 2006, 08:19 PM   #1
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thought if i bid in the last 3 minutes of an auction in ebay, i would have it.. bid was on 212. I thought, lets be safe and bid 240. Last 20 seconds i get overbid by $3,16...
i feel like smashing something... i just should have bidded 250 as maximum...

lets start the search for some good 2gb memory from scratch again...
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Old Oct 1, 2006, 08:27 PM   #2
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You probably want one of those programs that will automatically bid at the last possible moment (assuming the current bid is below a maximum you set). Your competitor may have been using such a thing there.
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Old Oct 1, 2006, 08:50 PM   #3
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I always wondered if there are people doing this:

I login as a seller in ebay - put up stuff up for bid that is 'very competitive' (aka not rediculoulsy low to make people think its BS)
Wait till people place bids - and if I would take a loss at the price they bid at.... I would log in as a buyer - and out bid at the last minute. Freeing me of the loss I would have taken selling at the other bidders price.... Then as a seller - I would back out of the sale - and becuase I wouldnt post bad remarks about myself - my buyer login would still look golden.

Or am I an 'evil genious' for this 'unique idea'...???

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any mechanisms at ebay to prevent/detect this?
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Old Oct 1, 2006, 08:54 PM   #4
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You probably want one of those programs that will automatically bid at the last possible moment
no way, there is no sub for you and a stopwatch

I feel for you Neshi, I've missed out on absolute steals for all kinds of silly reasons.
but that's half the fun of Ebay (< I don't really mean that, I'm just trying to make you feel better)
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Old Oct 1, 2006, 09:14 PM   #5
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Ebay is the works of the devil!!!
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Old Oct 1, 2006, 09:16 PM   #6
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Old Oct 5, 2006, 09:40 AM   #8
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I always wondered if there are people doing this:

I login as a seller in ebay - put up stuff up for bid that is 'very competitive' (aka not rediculoulsy low to make people think its BS)
Wait till people place bids - and if I would take a loss at the price they bid at.... I would log in as a buyer - and out bid at the last minute. Freeing me of the loss I would have taken selling at the other bidders price.... Then as a seller - I would back out of the sale - and becuase I wouldnt post bad remarks about myself - my buyer login would still look golden.

Or am I an 'evil genious' for this 'unique idea'...???

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any mechanisms at ebay to prevent/detect this?

I wouldn't say thats a unique idea, me and my father have been doin it since ebay first started lol.
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Old Oct 5, 2006, 10:33 AM   #9
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(< I don't really mean that, I'm just trying to make you feel better)
that's sig worthy

seriously tho....that made me ROFL
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