Rare ponies on eBay?

[PrincessTiffy]

Well I’m not sure what that one person is up to but they put a bid in on a NIB pony I’ve been watching since the first time it was listed, was listed a couple of times. They won her on March 24th and now she was just re-listed. Not sure if I can post the picture or not so I won’t. But something is off in my opinion.

[Noasar]

  Bid in the last minute and drink their bitter tears.

Best advice ever

[banditpony]

Be sure to snipe (bid in the last minute), it can save you a LOT of money because a lot of people don't accurately gauge how much they're REALLY willing to spend on a pony.  If you bid two hours before the auction ends, the other bidders have the chance to hem and haw and justify spending more.  Never give them this opportunity, lol.  Bid in the last minute and drink their bitter tears.

I'd like to add on, just because someone snipes, doesn't mean they will win. Highest bid wins. So, while this is a good strategy, it doesn't always win auctions (on board with everything until "drink their bitter tears" because those tears can be your own).

[Khayman81]

I love the last 5 sec bids. And I don't cry if I lose them cause I always bid at that moment the maximum amount I consider the pony costs. So if I lose it is just fair for me. But I reckon that it has saved me a lot of money. That is a great advice.

[Noasar]

I love the last 5 sec bids. And I don't cry if I lose them cause I always bid at that moment the maximum amount I consider the pony costs. So if I lose it is just fair for me. But I reckon that it has saved me a lot of money. That is a great advice.

Exactly! If your max is £250 and it goes for over that then...that’s fair enough otherwise you’d just keep going and going. And their top bid could be £400+ Which if they’re willing to pay - go for it! But my max bids really are my max bids. They’re not to block other people out of bidding or drive it up to crazy prices, otherwise you could end up paying wayyyy more than you can afford.

[LadyMoondancer]

Oh yeah, you can totally lose when you snipe.  You really REALLY have to grill yourself on "what's the max am I willing to spend on this--really?"  I do find it less stressful than 'regular' bidding, though, even when I lose.

Another way to figure out your 'true maximum bid' is:  "Would I pay this at a flea market?"  Because that takes "would OTHER people pay it?" out of the equation. Pretend you see the pony in that situation and the price isn't some $5 bargain, but is expensive.  How expensive would it have to be before you walked away and left her there in real life?  Hope this mental exercise helps a little.

[Pokeyonekenobie]

It could come with a special edition devil pony.  Which would definitely be a BBE. 

Well now I want to make a custom playset...maybe if we get a retro version of the sweet shoppe...

[aquamarinemolly]

But why on earth does he tag the Brush'n Grows with "LGBTQ"?

SAME QUESTION! 

[PrincessTiffy]

So far there are 2 people buying a majority of these, with some people being able to beat them out or they just aren’t interested in that particular pony. Like holy goodness let someone else have some too lol. Anyone here lucky enough to grab any of them? There’s a group I definitely have my eye on that hasn’t been listed yet, but if this trend keeps happening with 2 crazy buyers I probably won’t have any luck.

[banditpony]

So far there are 2 people buying a majority of these, with some people being able to beat them out or they just aren’t interested in that particular pony. Like holy goodness let someone else have some too lol. Anyone here lucky enough to grab any of them? There’s a group I definitely have my eye on that hasn’t been listed yet, but if this trend keeps happening with 2 crazy buyers I probably won’t have any luck.

ETA: As of sunblossom:

So.
There's 25 unique winners (as of when I was bored and checked).

20 people have won 1 auction.
2 people won 4 auctions
2 people won 3 auctions

and our two heavy hitters.
17 auctions  -- tends to snipe in last few seconds, so that's believable.

and 15 auctions <-- and that is the one I'm kinda eh about because of firefly and bidding on SO many, very oddly, and the current winning totaling up to $5,507ish. ( obviously not including still live auctions like 1,998 for sweet scoops or other auctions with a current high bid.).

I may have missed something along the way. I'm thinking theres troll bidding and it has me annoyed.

[Shaymin568]

Just found the Ebay listings! Holy moly are the photos of the organized collection stunning! I'm waiting for the next set of listings to go up...

[Ponyfan]

So far there are 2 people buying a majority of these, with some people being able to beat them out or they just aren’t interested in that particular pony. Like holy goodness let someone else have some too lol. Anyone here lucky enough to grab any of them? There’s a group I definitely have my eye on that hasn’t been listed yet, but if this trend keeps happening with 2 crazy buyers I probably won’t have any luck.

So.
There's 24 unique winners (as of when I was bored and checked).

19 people have won 1 auction.
2 people won 4 auctions
1 person won 3 auctions

and our two heavy hitters.
15 auctions  -- tends to snipe in last few seconds, so that's believable.

and 12 auctions <-- and that is the one I'm kinda eh about because of firefly and bidding on SO many, very oddly, and the current winning totaling up to $5,111ish. ( obviously not including still live auctions like 1,575 for sweet scoops or other auctions with a current high bid.).

I'm trying to believe that person just really wants MIB Baby Firefly and MIP Sweet Scoops really bad but I also think the bidding amounts aren't normal and find the fact that they're bidding on so many auctions at once a little suspicious. Sweet Scoops is up to almost $2000 now.



Ponyfan

[TheBeatlesPkmnFan42]

I'm trying to believe that person just really wants MIB Baby Firefly and MIP Sweet Scoops really bad but I also think the bidding amounts aren't normal and find the fact that they're bidding on so many auctions at once a little suspicious. Sweet Scoops is up to almost $2000 now.



Ponyfan

Yeah, it'd odd. I've seen people suggest it could be shill bidding, but I don't think that's the case for a few reasons. The prices of Baby Moondancer and Baby Firefly, for example. If this p***i bidder was the seller trying to raise the prices to make money, they wouldn't bid prices so high to where no one else would be willing to bid higher than them, since then their item will not sell. It feels like this is a troll who is just determined to place bids high enough to where nobody else is able to outbid them. Either they do not intend on paying for these ponies, or alternatively they're.. super rich and are somehow able to afford these. But it does feel like this is an outside person who is determined to not let other people have a chance to win.

[freezestime]

I'm trying to believe that person just really wants MIB Baby Firefly and MIP Sweet Scoops really bad but I also think the bidding amounts aren't normal and find the fact that they're bidding on so many auctions at once a little suspicious. Sweet Scoops is up to almost $2000 now.



Ponyfan

Yeah, it'd odd. I've seen people suggest it could be shill bidding, but I don't think that's the case for a few reasons. The prices of Baby Moondancer and Baby Firefly, for example. If this p***i bidder was the seller trying to raise the prices to make money, they wouldn't bid prices so high to where no one else would be willing to bid higher than them, since then their item will not sell. It feels like this is a troll who is just determined to place bids high enough to where nobody else is able to outbid them. Either they do not intend on paying for these ponies, or alternatively they're.. super rich and are somehow able to afford these. But it does feel like this is an outside person who is determined to not let other people have a chance to win.

Yeah, I agree with you. Either the seller is gonna block the bidder, report them or just relist the ponies they bidded on or offer them to the second highest offer.

[Noasar]

I missed out on two last night. I think someone has a sniper app set on them.