The MLP Arena
Pony Talk => Pony Corral => Topic started by: kaninchen on June 16, 2012, 08:56:12 PM
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are you a bid high and early sort of pony?
or are you a wait and snipe sort of pony?
or are you even a sporadic bidding over many days sort of pony?
why?
pros and cons to each method?
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I've done all three XD I used to place my max bid several days before, but then I got sniped SO MANY TIMES that I've resoted to sniping myself :yikes: My computer is a bit too slow for last few seconds sniping though. More like last few minutes :P My sister thought she had all but won a TAF Baby Dancing Butterflies for me one time, but she was sniped the last 2 seconds and she emailed the sniper even, lol. If I don't snipe I have terrible anticipation that I'm the one who's going to be sniped and lose my pony :P But I also know if I do snipe then there's a bigger chance that I'll end up spending more than I had originally wanted. It's best for me to bid my max several hours before so I'm not tempted to go into a biding war!
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I used to bid days before the end, but was mostly sniped. So now I wait till the last few hours, or minutes if it ends when I'll be around.
If it is something I desperately want I'll place a low bid early, that way I'm less likely to miss the end.
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Snipe! Auction sniper is our friend. Set it and forget it, now worrying if I am not at home and helps me stay in budget. Not that we have been spending lately.
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Buy it now or don't buy at all.
I hate competition/waiting.
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Well one benefit to waiting till the last minute (or seconds) I can see if I should bother to bid. If it's too high, I just skip it.
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My technique? Avoid ebay to avoid disappointment :silly:
Other than that...kind of depends on the auction, how badly I want the item, and how much I'm willing to pay.
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I'm a sniper. :ninja: I'll put a minimum bid on something I'm interested in just to get it into the 'my bids' page so I can keep a better eye on it, and then snipe it with a few seconds to go. That way if I change my mind, chances are I'll get outbid since I only put the very minimum. Or if I do want it, I won't get into a bidding war since I'd be easily outbid initially and they won't have any bid to 'fight' against until the last few seconds.
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I'm a sniper... I like to wait until the last seconds and bid a few dollars more than the amount I want to pay.
Sometimes I bid an amount in the last few minutes if there is no activity, and just in case there is, I wait 'till there's 10 seconds and bid a higher maximum.
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I hate snipers, I don't do it unless someone starts a last min bidwar..and that's only if I really really want something. I usually tend to wait til to hour to30 mins to bid on most auctions. Sometimes I do a first bid to get it in my bid watch list
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When I used to buy stuff on ebay fairly often, I skipped the bidding and only bought buy it now things because I was afraid of losing everything I bid on. As it turns out, the one time I did bid on something for someone's birthday, I did lose the auction so the buy it now only system works for me. =p
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I put a large max bid on in the last 5 minutes, then close my laptop and have a cup of tea without waiting to see if I've won.
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Snipe! Auction sniper is our friend. Set it and forget it, now worrying if I am not at home and helps me stay in budget. Not that we have been spending lately.
Wow, until seeing your post and googling it I had no idea there was stuff that did the sniping for you. O_O Shows how much I know!
Which kinds out of all this snipping stuff are safe ones to use for my computer?
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Definitely a sniper. Just because I don't usually have a high amount of money to set it all earlier so I'm waiting to the last seconds and praying that the few cents more will do the deal ;) But still I often get sniped. I bought a pony recently bidding only 1 cent higher than the other person in the last few seconds... I was really happy but then I thought how angry must the other person be... ^^;
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I try to avoid auctions unless I have no choice; I usually tell Mom about them and wait to bid until the last minutes, in hopes of keeping the price low.
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I usually set a maximum bid on the last day. That way if I win I don't pay over the odds.
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Ultimately I'm a long-time sniper - been on ebay for years now... in the early days I'd bid high around 20 minutes before auction end and was always outbid by a sniper.
These days (and if it's an auction I'm really wanting... who am I kidding? I want them all! :P) I tend to sit back and watch the bidding war, then snipe in the last 3-5 seconds. Win I'm happy, to lose I know the other person paid for it!
I will admit that I sniped a SS Gusty the other day - only to be out-sniped by someone else :lol: After I got over my initial pout, I took it as the universe was telling me it wasn't time to own a SS Gusty and to let it go ^.^
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I never do auctions... I can't handle the disappointment of losing. XD I'm such a weenie.
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I'm a sniper. Before I started to use eBay I googled on how to place a bid and found info on how to win auctions, i.e. sniping. I've only done it manually, never used a program. Once I set the alarm for about 3:40 AM to snipe a Gingerbread. I won. ^.^ I add the item I want to my watch list and to the calendar on my mobile, so I get a reminder when it's time. I usually place my bid when it's about 15 seconds left. I can imagine that those who don't snipe hate it but as a sniper I love it. I don't go over my budget and I usually win, if I don't, the price was too high for me anyway.
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Well, the way ebay goes, the highest bid wins. So it doesn't matter if you snipe or bid early, if you have the highest bid... it wins.
Back in the day, I remember bidding very high on an obscure item that I thought no one would want. In the last minute, the bid went up from $5 to $80... but the person kept putting in small amounts... like $5 bids. So in the end, I won with my early high bid. Sniper didn't win.
Since then, I just snipe myself. Win sometimes , lose sometimes. *shrug*
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Snipe! Auction sniper is our friend. Set it and forget it, now worrying if I am not at home and helps me stay in budget. Not that we have been spending lately.
Tis what I do too most of the time. :)
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I place my max amount as soon as I see the auction (normally its just listed) then leave it alone. I rarely check my bids page... just my purchase history : ) I win a lot like that without over paying (over paying by what I am prepared to pay anyway).
After I win an auction I can help but check the bid history to see if someone tried to snipe me 90% of the time some one has... I feel kinda sorry for them that they wasted there time and that if they had of bid days earlier they would have realized they were going to lose (or have to pay more) without getting the big adrenlin rush at the end by trying to snipe and then get the big downer by losing.
I use to snipe I hate it, I get all nervous and way over pay my personal limit or else I get really annoyed about losing lol
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I'm a sniper. :ninja: I'll put a minimum bid on something I'm interested in just to get it into the 'my bids' page so I can keep a better eye on it, and then snipe it with a few seconds to go. That way if I change my mind, chances are I'll get outbid since I only put the very minimum. Or if I do want it, I won't get into a bidding war since I'd be easily outbid initially and they won't have any bid to 'fight' against until the last few seconds.
Yup ^ this for me. I ll bid early to make sure it has a bid on it and that I get notifications on the item via email. But normally save bidding more until the last few mins or seconds of an auction. I dont snipe with a sniper very often - but I will do it for some general Hasbro merch as its not just pony peeps you are up against then its other toy collectors and the only way to stop going crazy high and still having a chance to win is sniping in my experience. There are also another couple of items which I am still looking for that I would consider sniping just as have been looking for them for so long!
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If I really want something I snipe :cool:
Otherwise I just put in my max bid when I come across the auction and hope for the best ;)
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I always bid early on an auction with no bids, then prepare to snipe at the end. My theory is that sellers are less likely to end an auction with bids, than they are with no bids. Plus even if I only put in the minimum bid amount, if I forget the end of the auction I am still in with a chance of winning. The number of times I've totally forgotten to bid and the item has gone unsold.
I also snipe, but I do it myself without using a program to do it for me. A bit of if you can't beat them, join them.
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I hate snipers and I have no time for stuff like that. I usually just put in my high bid and if I win, I win; if not, it wasn't meant to be. If it's something I really want, I will come back maybe a half hour before the auction ends and enter a higher amount just to be safe, especially if I've already been outbid, but normally I just leave it alone and watch people go crazy in the last few seconds and the auction amount go higher and higher and feel glad I didn't bid any higher.
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I always bid early on an auction with no bids, then prepare to snipe at the end. My theory is that sellers are less likely to end an auction with bids, than they are with no bids. Plus even if I only put in the minimum bid amount, if I forget the end of the auction I am still in with a chance of winning. The number of times I've totally forgotten to bid and the item has gone unsold.
I also snipe, but I do it myself without using a program to do it for me. A bit of if you can't beat them, join them.
This last was how I used to feel...I honestly thought sniping was frowned on for a long time...but sniping seems pretty standard now. I think I must have just been in fear of what it actually entailed when I started collecting.
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Buy it now. I don't like bidding so much because I get too attached to the item and sad if I lose.
If I do have to bid, I bid early if no one has bid, and late, so the price isn't driven up that much.
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When I snipe, I usually have watched the auction for days, but I didn't put any bid on it to avoid drawing attention. I don't see anything wrong with sniping. I mean, I found the auction 5 days ago and really wanted it. What's the crime in me bidding last minute?
I snipe, I bid at the last minute (typically when I discovered the auction just the hour its ending within) and I will BIN like crazy.
I do tend to research what I'm buying. Every time.
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I'm a sniper. :ninja: I'll put a minimum bid on something I'm interested in just to get it into the 'my bids' page so I can keep a better eye on it, and then snipe it with a few seconds to go. That way if I change my mind, chances are I'll get outbid since I only put the very minimum. Or if I do want it, I won't get into a bidding war since I'd be easily outbid initially and they won't have any bid to 'fight' against until the last few seconds.
This is me to a "T"!
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I despise snipers, ever so frustrating. I'll often simply search through the 'ending soonest' pages and pick up items which don't have any bids, or watch items cautiously and bid if I'm reeeeally interested.
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I usually bid within the last hour but I don't usually snipe - and more often than not, I get sniped
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I will snipe especially if its something i really want, because it's the only way to win what you want.
It's really a case of putting MORE than your maximum bid in because then if you lose it doesn't seem so bad as you would have spent more than you wanted. I don't understand people who bid in 50p increments..... I just put my absolute maximum in and hope for the best.
At the end of the day whether sniping or no sniping, the winner will be the one who is willing to pay the most.
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I bid early and if i win thats great, If i loose so be it, I cant be bothered getting up in the night to bid on overseas auctions, also once ive bid im not forced to spend more than I first planned!
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I snipe within seconds of an auction end, wether it already has bids or not. Always done it that way but I've never used a program. Most of the time if I miss an auction it's because it simply went higher than I wanted to pay OR my internet decides to quit working in those last few seconds >_<
In the past I have put in early bids on items I was kind of meh about but ended up winning, which is great! I hardly ever BIN because I think the prices are usually too high.
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At the end of the day whether sniping or no sniping, the winner will be the one who is willing to pay the most.
Lol...now this is sooo true!
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I'm a sniper. I didn't start out that way, but it's the best way to get the items I want for a reasonable price. I don't use a program, though. I've stayed up until until 4am to bid on the items I wanted!
Also, this guy.
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Scoped and dropped!
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Since I know how sought after ponies are in general and I don't want to go over the risk of spending too much, I am a proud sniper who waits until the very last seconds. I won some pretty nice Ebay battles so far ! Of course, I always have a limit to how much I want to spend, so if I see that the pony is over my limit, I simply don't even bother anymore.
I really don't know why people bid really early on things that WILL definitely go up a lot. You end up spending a lot more that way so why not wait? But that's my view on things xD
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I set an auction sniper, it keeps me from over-bidding, allows me to snipe in the last 5 seconds, and usually I edit my intended bid several times over the course of the few days XD