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Oh man, my first auction I was supremely inexperienced and didn’t know what to expect. Like a fool, I hadn’t really read over the tips so I was afraid that every bid I made (if won), I’d have to pay. Lets say the current winning bid was $30 and I put $60 as my highest, and no one outbid me, I was afraid I’d have to pay the full $60. So I saw this GORGEOUS loose but complete G2 silverswirl and kept my eye on her for a week. I laid my claim with a relatively low bid but the night of the end of the auction another bidder (clearly more experienced than I was) hopped on and swept her out from beneath me, even as we entered a full out bidding war (due to my aforementioned fears, I was only bidding in increments of $1). At the last minute I thought I’d won, but alas.I have a complete loose Silverswirl now, but I’ll never forget the crushing defeat I felt xD No hard feelings towards the winning bidder, by the way.
I missed out on so many things in the past that I can't list it all here. The problem with local platforms is that if sellers, who are unexperienced, offer something great for sale they get so many responses from people that they are often overwhelmed. Often they change the listing from "fixed price" to "open for offers" and sell it for the highest bid. That is kind of annoying because it has become the new reality. And yes ignorance is a thing that bothers me as well. People are not polite enough anymore to answer even if you don't get the item. But yes that is normal as well. Bidding wars on ebay are usual and the good thing is they end when the auction is over. On yahoo.jp you can set an option which extends the bidding time until no one bids within 5 minutes, so one / all of the participants are giving up. THAT is nerve wrecking!
I've missed out on so many, but the worst ones are the ones when I've asked the seller a question and they couldn't be bothered to answer before the auction ended. I've been searching for the top clip piece for the Cuddles baby buggy for months, and once in a while I've seen it pop up in accessory lots just as a random piece. Each time, I've contacted the seller to ask if they would be willing to split the lot up and sell me just that piece. Not one has ever responded. Seriously...they could relist the lot without that piece (most people probably wouldn't know what it is anyway and throw it away) for the same price they originally listed it, and then plus make whatever money they agreed to sell the buggy piece for, win-win for everybody, right? Or if it's too much trouble to make an extra 5 or 10 bucks, just say no!! At least respond, so I'm not hanging on checking my messages every 15 minutes for a week to see if you did.Same with questions about combined shipping. Some people don't like to answer that question either. My son wanted the Cutie Mark Crusaders, and I was having trouble finding all 3 of them for a price I wanted to pay. Finally one seller had 2 lots listed, and if I had purchase both, all 3 CMCs would have been in there. I put them in my watch list, and the seller made me a cheaper offer on both. I was seriously considering it, but wanted to make sure they were willing to combine the shipping (especially since I didn't want anything else in the lots other than those 3 ponies), and they just ignored the question. Maybe they thought I was getting a good enough deal with their cheaper offer, I don't know. Well I didn't bite, and 2 months later I think those same lots are still sitting unsold in my watch list. Again...how hard is it to just say no?
Quote from: LadyAmalthea on June 18, 2020, 06:47:34 AMYeesh :/ I’ve definitely been there. I was made an offer for a winger pony recently, but the pictures were blurry, so I thanked them for the offer and asked if they could confirm that the pony didn’t have any missing hair plugs or haircuts. They never responded and the offer expired. Here’s another great story of mishap- I saw a G2 golden glow II on eBay for less than $60 once, and was about to buy her when my power cut out. An hour or so later when the power returned, I returned to my watchlist to find her sold
I've missed out on so many, but the worst ones are the ones when I've asked the seller a question and they couldn't be bothered to answer before the auction ended. I've been searching for the top clip piece for the Cuddles baby buggy for months, and once in a while I've seen it pop up in accessory lots just as a random piece. Each time, I've contacted the seller to ask if they would be willing to split the lot up and sell me just that piece. Not one has ever responded. Seriously...they could relist the lot without that piece (most people probably wouldn't know what it is anyway and throw it away) for the same price they originally listed it, and then plus make whatever money they agreed to sell the buggy piece for, win-win for everybody, right? Or if it's too much trouble to make an extra 5 or 10 bucks, just say no!! At least respond, so I'm not hanging on checking my messages every 15 minutes for a week to see if you did.