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Trader & Shipping Support / Sniping on eBay...tips? };)
« on: December 12, 2012, 05:56:24 PM »
Putting this in off-topic because my question doesn't really relate to ponies. I'm really kind of an eBay loser and don't know many tactics to win auctions. Recently, I was looking at some original artwork on eBay and there were two lovely pieces I wanted to get. Normally I don't bid until the end, but I decided to place a starting bid because, well, in my case anyway, I am often deterred from bidding on auctions that already have bidders. I figured if anybody else out there was like me, maybe they wouldn't place any bids if they saw that someone had done so already.
Okay, so then I was in the seller's store and checking out their other artworks. I saw that there was a serious bid fest going on with some other artworks of the seller's, and they were similar to the two that I had my eye on. I got a little bit nervous at that, because I thought those bidders might look at the other cheaper auctions if they can't get those ones.
Then I realized I don't know crap about bidding really, I mean, I have sniped auctions before, but I was probably just lucky. Also I'm an extremely nervous, socially anxious, shy person and it's actually a hassle to worry about something I've bid on like 24/7 until it ends.
Sooo I was wondering, can anybody give me some tips? My g/f, who is an expert eBayer, got me my last items because she's so darn clever at it. I actually forget what she said now, but she was able to manually win me some ponies, and I think she told me that she puts in a bid as close as possible, but with something like "$10.01" so it isn't a round number, etc.
But I sorta forget, and I would like to get these items for as cheap as possible...I think I could still do it up to 15$ per item, but after that I might be out...depends on my next paycheck... And the other auctions jumped from 8$ to 20$ in just one bid.
It does kinda confuse me, because when I put in a bid it stays at 8$, yet some bloke pushed in a 20$ bid straight up on the other items. I mean, I want to pay as little as possible, but I also don't understand how he did that?
I have also seen bid histories on some big ticket items, like MLP handmade plush (they go over 500$!) and some people bid, literally, not even kidding, like one second before the close, and I have no idea how their computer even went that fast.
Can any clever eBayers give me tips on how to win?
EDIT: Sorry mods, I wasn't really sure where it should go D: thanks for moving
[moving to TS - kaoskat]
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I had one and played with her all the time as a kid!!
beautiful pic!!
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That poor girl!! How could her mother do that?! 
I feel like hand-drawn animation has been left in the dust for no good reason. I don't think it's, for example, Pixar's fault, but I do think it's probably related to Pixar's success...? (And maybe hand-drawn animation is more expensive, but I don't know, the credits on a Pixar film are huge.) Hand-drawn animation has really been relegated to that "only for dumb kid's stuff" more than ever I feel...at least in USA. I know some countries, like Japan, have actually figured out how viable the medium is. e_e (Well, I guess anime probably isn't hand-drawn these days, but it does have the look of hand-drawn animation.)
Clearly, this thread is therefore one of the coolest. I hope your holiday rocks!