E BAY Vent - ETA:I WON THE BID!! pic @ end

LadyPrincess Posted: Oct 06, 2004 09:13 PM

E BAY Vent - ETA:I WON THE BID!! pic @ end

ok - ladies rave about ebay - here is my gripe

i found the PERFECT place cards (yes its purple)

i bid on it but have to WAIT the 18 hrs to SEE if i get the bid

I DONT LIKE THAT

DebMaher Posted: Oct 06, 2004 09:14 PM

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I am sure someone else will say the same thing -- is there no 'Buy it Now'
<---------ebay lurker

MrsK-in-June05 Posted: Oct 06, 2004 09:15 PM

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if there is no buy it now. then make your max bid $20 over the asking price. that have to sit idle-ly by. it will send you an outbid, if you want it that bad then you can go back and bid.

KimberlyBride Posted: Oct 06, 2004 09:15 PM

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I know us ladies like instant gratification when it comes to shopping!!!

lolita4life Posted: Oct 06, 2004 09:16 PM

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eBay will send you an email everytime you get outbid, so you can go ahead and make a larger 'max bid' GOOD LUCK
(not ALL products have 'buy it now', even though they should) Don't feel so bad LP I had to wait 6 days for my veil, thankfully no one outbid me!

LadyPrincess Posted: Oct 06, 2004 09:18 PM

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nope........ no Buy It Now

Just chkd - so far no other bids

will keep u posted

DebMaher Posted: Oct 06, 2004 09:31 PM

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If you really want em, consider Mrs K suggestion -- post a good amoount higher -- like $25 or so. The bid will only go up if you have competition and ebay will happily inform you (hoping you continue to keep upping bids)

LadyPrincess Posted: Oct 06, 2004 09:40 PM

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i sent a email with details
& placed higher bid

lets see, wait, wait ....tapping fingers icon here

KimberlyBride Posted: Oct 06, 2004 09:54 PM

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Have you ever tried esnipe?

LadyPrincess Posted: Oct 06, 2004 09:57 PM

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Posted by KimberlyBride

Have you ever tried esnipe?

what / who is that??

KimberlyBride Posted: Oct 06, 2004 09:59 PM

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Its a service where they will bid for you with 5 seconds left in the auction. This way you can't get outbid. If you bid early you leave all the time left to be outbid. I always wait until the end. This way there is no bidding war.

lolita4life Posted: Oct 06, 2004 10:26 PM

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whenever i bid i start with a LOW 'max' bid, so i KNOW i wont end up paying my REAL 'max' bid .... then if someone outbids me i bid alittle higher. and so on and so on.. of course you have to be able to really be watching your item to do this. i got REALLLY screwed once by putting my REAL max bid in. By someones 2nd bid it was already at the most i wanted to pay. so i do it in slow increments.... i hope this makes sense... it probbaly only does in my mind, its hard to explain.

ckgmwedding Posted: Oct 06, 2004 11:08 PM

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Posted by LadyPrincess

ok - ladies rave about ebay - here is my gripe

i found the PERFECT place cards (yes its purple)

i bid on it but have to WAIT the 18 hrs to SEE if i get the bid

I DONT LIKE THAT

You are lucky I am not bidding on them with you!!! It would be a purple war

marc_rai Posted: Oct 06, 2004 11:11 PM

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Is esnipe a free service? If not, how do they make $$$?

KimberlyBride Posted: Oct 06, 2004 11:35 PM

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No it is not. I like it is around 25 cents if you win the item. It has helped me win so many items. I love it!

LadyPrincess Posted: Oct 07, 2004 01:00 AM

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Posted by ckgmwedding

Posted by LadyPrincess

ok - ladies rave about ebay - here is my gripe

i found the PERFECT place cards (yes its purple)

i bid on it but have to WAIT the 18 hrs to SEE if i get the bid

I DONT LIKE THAT

You are lucky I am not bidding on them with you!!! It would be a purple war

you got that right , you already got the napkins !!!!!

MCDO15 Posted: Oct 07, 2004 06:38 AM

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try to bid @ the end of the auction...bidding early and often only drives up the price much faster

example..i sold brought an item for 88 bucks..., me and this other person were going back and forth. i ended up winning the auction but the very same item next time it went on sale...no one bid untill the very end and won for 40...half price

brooklynbridezilla Posted: Oct 07, 2004 10:08 AM

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LP, there may have been a buy it now- and someone killed it when they bid. For example, if an auction starts at 19.99, with a BIN for 29.99, and someone puts in a bid for 24.50, the BIN no longer applies. Then the auction runs until the end.

Ronkonkomonga Posted: Oct 07, 2004 10:13 AM

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I heard that esnipe was great.

I just ebay-ed for the first time this week. I think ebay is scary

KimberlyBride Posted: Oct 07, 2004 10:18 AM

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As long as you check the feedback of the seller and it is extremely positive there is nothing to worry about. Always pay with paypal. Then you are always covered by the buyer protection. I have been using ebay since 1999 and I love it!

Kim