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| Posted: Mon Sep 9th, 2019 11:46 |
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jk
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blackfox wrote:And what exactly does that do Jonathon , .. personally if I'm interested in something I set myself a limit and bid in the last few seconds .. sometimes I win others I get outbid .. but I do study what the retailers offer to .. I very nearly bought a Olympus lens ( different to the one mentioned above ) mid week but bidding went to high and retailers were similarly overpriced , yesterday I spotted one in unused condition with a lens hood ( optional extras on Olympus) for well under market price on a buy it now ,only been listed a few minutes before and grabbed it quick .. I put the amount that I am willing to pay into my AutionSniper profile for that item and tell it to make the bid 2seconds before the end. I get an email that says the result which also shows the item in my eBay account. I dont need to waste time waiting for the end or get outbid by someone who sees my early bid and tops it.
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| Posted: Mon Sep 9th, 2019 14:50 |
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blackfox
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That's far to clinical for me jk ,I like the ability to change my mind at the last minute if needed . My I.mac is powerful enough to place the bid in the last couple of seconds manually I just have to press submit
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| Posted: Mon Sep 9th, 2019 15:04 |
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chrisbet
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Absolutely - I always snipe when bidding and always try and undercut any similar items when selling by BIN.
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| Posted: Mon Sep 9th, 2019 15:31 |
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jk
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blackfox wrote:That's far to clinical for me jk ,I like the ability to change my mind at the last minute if needed . My I.mac is powerful enough to place the bid in the last couple of seconds manually I just have to press submit That is fine as long as your internet connection allows you to get your bid submitted but there is no guarantee that it will. The use of AuctionSniper guarantees the bid is placed and confirmed at the desired time.
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| Posted: Mon Sep 9th, 2019 15:46 |
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blackfox
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Never failed me yet ,got high speed fibre broadband and a very fast custom I.mac
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| Posted: Mon Sep 9th, 2019 16:16 |
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chrisbet
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That's OK if you are online when the auction ends - I have usually fallen asleep on the couch 10 mins before regardless of time of day (it's old age, you know) - much easier to make your mind up in advance and snipe - I always add a pound and a few pence to round figures - just in case!
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| Posted: Tue Sep 10th, 2019 02:31 |
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Robert
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For used gear, before I browse, I select 'buy it now', UK only and check the location, avoiding London sellers and sellers with feedback above 500 or thereabouts. That cuts out a lot of wasted time ploughing through pages of dross and time wasting 'offers'. I hate sellers who list multiple listings of identical items, sometimes pages of them. I avoid higher feedback sellers because they look to me like dealers, trading to make a profit, I would rather deal with someone who has actually used the gear and is selling it privately. Back in the early days I made several friends on eBay, we used to chat for ages after the sale, sadly Ebay has put a stop to most forms of communication nowadays and closed the chat rooms I used to spend time on with other eBayers. For new Chinese gear, like knock off 'Arca Swiss' camera mounts and suchlike, I check if it is UK stock and look at the sellers business address, only buy if that address is UK. For highly specialised stuff I have other sources... Dr Klaus Schmitt (KDS365) has a dazzling array of specialised lenses from which he is often prepared to trade the occasional lens. Apart from 365nm lenses he also has a lot of very interesting Russian projector lenses, sometimes multiple copies, which he also has been known to trade. I used to snipe manually, right up to the last second and always bid just over round figures. Quite frankly I can't be bothered nowadays, if I miss an item, just like the number nine bus, another will come around shortly, often at a better price or a nicer item. Having been completely ripped off a couple of times with items from America, customs duty, 'handling charges' and having to travel to Preston to collect the item (~150 miles round trip) I won't buy anything from America again, I felt like I had been mugged.
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| Posted: Tue Sep 10th, 2019 03:44 |
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blackfox
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Hopefully the u.s situation will change after Brexit rob . And for a matter of interest I have a 100% feedback of around 1600 so your theories don't always follow .. mainly gained when I used to sell coins and artefacts
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| Posted: Tue Sep 10th, 2019 07:07 |
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Robert
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My feedback is just under 100, I manage to keep it that way by asking sellers not to leave feedback! I would like to be able to block it. I intensely dislike having an inventory of all my purchases and sold items on line for anybody to peruse. My username is ~ireallyhatepcsalot... have been on since the early days, member since: 08-Sep-01. The proportion of scammers was probably the same back then but they have got better at disguising themselves now. I know several genuine people who have similar feedback levels but I still tend to stick with lower fb numbers if I can, unless I really, really want the item, in which case I am less picky. I guess it's my way of narrowing the choice. I guess I don't want to buy from a dealer who knows nothing about what they are selling and cares less, providing the money comes rolling in.
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| Posted: Tue Sep 10th, 2019 07:15 |
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chrisbet
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I agree totally - I would rather buy from an individual so I can find out the history of the item. Dealers are a pain because they spam offer way below the auction starting price and then snipe later - so I snipe too.... The D90 has gone - I originally listed the camera, lens and battery pack separately for a total of £150 and no takers - put them together as a "kit" for £200 and accepted an offer of £175 - that's another small profit of £15 over what they cost me a year ago. 
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