topic Re: I'm over ebay in Community Spirit

I'm over ebay

patebeli — Mon, 04 May 2015 07:36:12 GMT

If you don't want me here or my money why not say so.
I've retracted my bids because I'm sick of being outbid by a ghost.
so bye bye ebay stick you so called privileges up your fat and greedy **bleep**.

Re: I'm over ebay

imastawka — Mon, 04 May 2015 07:38:03 GMT

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poddster — Mon, 04 May 2015 07:44:05 GMT

If you don't have the bidding skill then it is best that you go 🙂

The answer is bid to the level you are willing to pay and if it goes higher than it is no loss because it exceeded your level anyway

Re: I'm over ebay

j*oono — Mon, 04 May 2015 07:45:08 GMT

You are bidding against someone else that has put in a higher maximum bid than you. It's not a ghost.

They might have bid a couple of days ago for $15, but because their bid beat the previous last bid it might show as only being say $7. Then you come along and bid $8 thinking it will put you ahead of them. It doesn't. It pushes up their bid to being just ahead of $8. That will keep on happening until you push the bid past their original $15.

Place a bid at the maximum you are prepared to pay. Then you will either have the leading bid, or it's already been bid past what you are prepared to pay and you can move on to another item. Do it close to the end of an auction and then you are less likely to be outbid.

Here is an ebay help page that might explain it better.

http://ocsnext.ebay.com.au/ocs/sc

Re: I'm over ebay

j*oono — Mon, 04 May 2015 07:46:19 GMT

Sorry, that link doesn't take you to the right page. Type proxy bid into the search box and it should take you there.

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digupatin — Mon, 04 May 2015 07:46:58 GMT

Someone needs a hug?

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poddster — Mon, 04 May 2015 07:47:23 GMT

SNAP!! 🙂

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cherry*135 — Mon, 04 May 2015 08:03:37 GMT

We are just eBay members posting here on this board, may buy or sell, may do neither.. just here to chat.

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poddster — Mon, 04 May 2015 08:08:41 GMT

@am*3 wrote:
We are just eBay members posting here on this board, may buy or sell, may do neither.. just here to chat.

Or in the case of some Prattle on

Re: I'm over ebay

imastawka — Mon, 04 May 2015 08:18:52 GMT

6 retractions in 6 months doesn't seem excessive.

You do know that when you retract a bid, you have to replace it

with another bid?

http://pages.ebay.com.au/help/buy/bidding-overview.html#changing

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tasfleur — Mon, 04 May 2015 08:29:42 GMT

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*pepe — Mon, 04 May 2015 08:34:17 GMT

thanks for stopping by to let us know.

Woohoo! one less person to bid against!!

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imastawka — Mon, 04 May 2015 08:43:15 GMT

I didn't know you bought Barbie doll clothes, pepe?

Found these lol

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*pepe — Mon, 04 May 2015 08:42:54 GMT

@imastawka wrote:
I didn't know you bought Barbie doll clothes, pepe?

there are many things you don't know about me

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donnashuggy — Mon, 04 May 2015 09:25:46 GMT

It is such a common question it really needs to be explained to buyers the moment they are outbid in a clear concise way.

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*pepe — Mon, 04 May 2015 09:31:29 GMT

@imastawka wrote:
I didn't know you bought Barbie doll clothes, pepe?

Found these lol

i neeeed these!!!

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cherry*135 — Mon, 04 May 2015 10:20:39 GMT

@poddster wrote:
@am*3 wrote:
We are just eBay members posting here on this board, may buy or sell, may do neither.. just here to chat.
Or in the case of some Prattle on

Or in the case of others spend their time making personal digs at others for no good reason. There was nothing in my post that required your response.

Re: I'm over ebay

iapetus_rocks — Mon, 04 May 2015 11:52:20 GMT

I never place any bids manually these days. Placing bids only encourages others to outbid you.

I use an auction sniping service to automatically place my maximum bid in the last few seconds of the auction. Why force the bidding up unnecessarily?

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ladydeburg — Tue, 05 May 2015 01:12:10 GMT

Gosh, what's to know, you are outbid, you don't have to be Einstein to know what that means but I'm sure there's somebody on here who'll C&P a full explanation and go on about what it means or wiki it and repost it on here or just expouse us with her encyclopedic knowledge of all things ebay.

Lif'e too short to even wonder why you cannot understand the mechanics an an auction.

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donnashuggy — Tue, 05 May 2015 01:25:54 GMT

@ladydeburg wrote:
Gosh, what's to know, you are outbid, you don't have to be Einstein to know what that means but I'm sure there's somebody on here who'll C&P a full explanation and go on about what it means or wiki it and repost it on here or just expouse us with her encyclopedic knowledge of all things ebay.

Lif'e too short to even wonder why you cannot understand the mechanics an an auction.

I disagree, if buyers are leaving the site because they believe a seller is shill bidding when they aren't for example then this needs to be addressed and explained to the buyers. Even quite intelligent people don't get it.