Hate last minute bidders on ebay.

[Bernie]

How do you know that people like myself, that do the last second bidding do not already know their max?  You dont, I do.  I find it crazy that you feel that you have figured "everyone else" out, and they dont know themselves.  However, I do feel that everyone has just about figured out that Zeta pops in mainly to offer something vulgar or sarcastic.  How can one call people "f*cking stupid", in a forum thread and mods be ok with this? 

I think I've figured this sniping thing out. Its a classic Man Versus Self situation.

The reason you can't just bid your max and walk away is that you don't actually know what your max is. You should. You need to know yourself before you can know the world around you.

And here's the real mind f*ck...

Most of the people complaining about snipers are....


...are you ready for this...?


...they themselves are the snipers as well. Its like Blade Runner up in this bitch!

Seriously, three morons bid 32 times in the last 5 minutes of an auction, all three of them complaining that the others are snipers. Like crabs in a f*cking bucket, I tell you.

Figure out what your max bid is. Your max for what you will pay. Maybe its $20, maybe its $22.50, maybe is $225,250, whatever it doesn't matter. Enter the value, walk away, either win or lose. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT ANY OTHER EBAYER DOES. If you truly bid your max, then you were truly outbid, and always would be, regardless of how many people bid what and when.

Its really is that simple. It really really really is.

Anything else is like...that guy you know who is always moving the gear lever in his automatic transmission-equiped car for no apparent reason.

[allyourblood]

As far as calling people "f*cking stupid"  for the way they choose to use ebay; well thats just lame.  Maybe if someone cant understand that by entering the max you are willing to pay, that another bidder will just continue to bid until they are the highest bidder, even if only by a few cents, then that someone should inspect their own intelligence level.    Calling people stupid for the way they choose to try and bid on something is just not cool.

I have to agree. Whatever you think about peoples' bidding practices is entirely up to you, but to say something so negative and rude to a group that is otherwise having a mature and rational discussion is really disrespectful. Isn't there another forum for that sort of talk?

[Necromancer]

I don't know what you two are talking about - he's Mr. Positivity!

[Bernie]

But back to the topic here.  I will sometimes, for certain items, put in a bid just to get in on the bidding.  I know what my max will be beforehand.  Then, if its something I know for certain is gonna climb, I will wait until the end.  I have found its the best way to try and get an item, without it sky-rocketing in price before the auction ends.  If it is something that isn't as rare or hard to come by, I enter a bid and walk away since I know there will be others offered at any given time. 

[sirhcman]

I just wait until the last 5 seconds of an auction and put in my max bid.. If someone before me has a higher bid, so be it... Don't hate the player - hate the game

[vestcoat]

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Believe it or not, I know what my max bid is.  Quite often the bidding gets too high when I'm waiting to snipe and I walk away.  And I don't think anyone in the pro-snipe contingent has been talking about bidding multiple times.  And I don't think any of the snipers have been bitching about other, single-bidding snipers.

The only difference between you and me is that you bid earlier.   I happen to believe in this crazy "cause and effect" notion where my actions, however minor, tend to change things.

[DragonmasterDan]

 Quite often the bidding gets too high when I'm waiting to snipe and I walk away.

This happens to me a lot as well.

[Gogan]

90% of the time, I BIN.

if I do go for something, I put my max in at the very.end. This works better, I've tried both ways (early max/late max)

But I don't obsess enough about it and am usually away from the auction and forget.

That's why if it's something I want, I BIN (if the price is right, I'm not a fool)

[Gogan]

Speak of eBay, it'd be hilarious to see a gouged price on an uber-rare "f@ck eBay club card". Oh the irony

[SignOfZeta]

I don't know what you two are talking about - he's Mr. Positivity!

That's pretty funny since the point of this thread was to bitch about how eBay irritates the shit out of people...even though these issues they have are entirely self-inflicted.

eBay is awesome. I'm not buying their t shirt or anything, but it's pretty f*cking great. If you'd rather buy your Turbo games and action figures by going on a national bus tour, then go for it.

So I am positive about that. The whiny bitches complaining about how they f*ck themselves over? I'm not sympathetic towards that, it's true.

[Necromancer]

Yep, placing a bid in the last few seconds identical to one that I would've made days earlier really f*cks me over good.  I hope I grow up to be a smart as you.

[SignOfZeta]

But the other bidders will inturpurate that as "sniping", just as you will when they do it to you. It's a vicious circle of skewed perspective where the people complaining are doing the very thing they are complaining about. It's very hard to be sympathetic to the plight of the sniped, when they themselves are also snipers.

In short: you f*ck yourself.

[Necromancer]

That'd make sense if us bid snipers were complaining about the practice, but we're not.

[Bernie]

That'd make sense if us bid snipers were complaining about the practice, but we're not.

Thank You!!!  Exactly what I was thinking.

[SignOfZeta]

Are you guys reading the same thread I am?