Author Topic: Hate last minute bidders on ebay.  (Read 2031 times)

vestcoat

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Re: Hate last minute bidders on ebay.
« Reply #75 on: November 11, 2011, 12:47:56 PM »
Zeta - who exactly are accusing of being hypocrites in this thread?  I don't think there are any.  The OP is anti-sniping and there are lots of posts defending sniping, but I don't see any hypocrites.
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Re: Hate last minute bidders on ebay.
« Reply #76 on: November 11, 2011, 07:11:25 PM »
Hypocrite is a strong world. I'm not really saying that.

I think its more like...a guy complaining about the cholera he contracted from drinking water taken from the same river he shits in. He probably doesn't make the connection, or doesn't realize he can do something about it.

As for who I'm complaining about. Well, to be honest its really some emotional baggage I had regarding the entire culture of complaining about eBay while at the same time spending tons of money on it. I'm just taking out my frustration over 10+ years of people bitching about high prices that they themselves contribute to by the very act of bidding at all (never mind actually sniping).

I mean, some 20 year old f*ck with a big beard and a GI Joe tattoo complaining about how, I don't know, Dynastic Hero, a game he wasn't even aware of 3 years ago, is too expensive so now he'll never be able to complete his collection. Its not his fault, of course, its the fault of all the other shitheads on eBay...I'm really sick of that crap. This thread...is more of that crap.

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Re: Hate last minute bidders on ebay.
« Reply #77 on: November 11, 2011, 07:56:48 PM »
I mean, some 20 year old f*ck with a big beard and a GI Joe tattoo complaining about how, I don't know, Dynastic Hero, a game he wasn't even aware of 3 years ago, is too expensive so now he'll never be able to complete his collection.
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Re: Hate last minute bidders on ebay.
« Reply #78 on: November 12, 2011, 12:58:24 AM »
I snipe when I'm by my computer and I just drop my max in and if I win awesome but if someone bid higher oh well. I don't really go after high dollar or high demand items though so I don't take it personally. I also put in low bids early on other items and forget about them and it's like a nice surprise when I win. I just won a Monster Lair complete in box for $10 the other day that way. I don't use ebay a whole lot and only when I get a deal cause most people want to spend way more than I do.
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Re: Hate last minute bidders on ebay.
« Reply #79 on: November 12, 2011, 09:18:43 AM »
I snipe when I'm by my computer and I just drop my max in and if I win awesome but if someone bid higher oh well. I don't really go after high dollar or high demand items though so I don't take it personally. I also put in low bids early on other items and forget about them and it's like a nice surprise when I win. I just won a Monster Lair complete in box for $10 the other day that way. I don't use ebay a whole lot and only when I get a deal cause most people want to spend way more than I do.



Same here.  I've probably bid on about five different copies of the same game in the past month.  Always out bid at the last moment.  My work schedule has been crazy as of late and I'm never near a computer when stuff ends.

Every once and a while I will get a nice surprise in my inbox from ebay saying that I've won.  I picked up a copy of Final Solder recently this way.

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Re: Hate last minute bidders on ebay.
« Reply #80 on: November 22, 2011, 12:24:54 PM »
Well, to be honest its really some emotional baggage I had regarding the entire culture of complaining about eBay while at the same time spending tons of money on it. I'm just taking out my frustration over 10+ years of people bitching about high prices that they themselves contribute to by the very act of bidding at all (never mind actually sniping).

It's not impossible for someone to like something on the whole whilst hating some aspects.  Most of us abhor the price gougers, but we love eBay's variety of games, the good deals that can be found from good sellers, and its relative security.

I mean, some 20 year old f*ck with a big beard and a GI Joe tattoo complaining about how, I don't know, Dynastic Hero, a game he wasn't even aware of 3 years ago, is too expensive so now he'll never be able to complete his collection.

Close.  I'm in my mid-thirties and it's a Hello Kitty tattoo, but otherwise spot on.

I'm really sick of that crap. This thread...is more of that crap.

What about the words 'hate' and 'ebay' in the thread title confused you?
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