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Posted By: Jamie
With the Magie Error Card that just ended on ebay...I thought to start this thread.. The card was listed with no reserve and was at $4800 all week.. in the final 15 seconds the price went from 4800 to 7100... I was bummed out cause I was trying to get it for 6800... |
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Posted By: doug goodman
IMHO - |
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Posted By: Adam
Think about it this way as well --- what if all the snipe programs froze during those last 15 seconds and the snipes could not be placed. |
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Posted By: Alan
I never really understand why everyone snipes. Why not just put in the most you are willing to pay & be done with it ? Isn't that how all of the auction houses work ? You can't snipe there, can you ? |
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Posted By: Phil
I agree with you Alan......don't really get sniping. I understand what it is, but if you have a maximum you want to pay, "just set it and forget it". |
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Posted By: Anonymous
Alan and Phil.... |
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Posted By: Jodi Birkholm
Apparently you can snipe Heritage Auctions using gavelsnipe. I haven't tried it, however. |
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Posted By: Dave F
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Posted By: Phil
I think if the first guy had a "few more cents in it", then it would have bumped up to let's say $888.88 |
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Posted By: T206Collector
...but not in the last year or so, so here goes. |
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Posted By: Tim
"I never really understand why everyone snipes." |
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Posted By: Jb
Like others have mentioned, sniping is great because not only do you not have to be at your pc, but it also keeps shill bidders from running up the auction price. Set your snipe for your max amount and let it roll. Like poker you don't want to show your hand to early................. |
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Posted By: barrysloate
Although not a card, I once had a rare bound volume of Henry Chadwick's Base Ball Chronicles that I was trying to sell outright for $5500, with no takers. I lowered the price to $5000, then $4500, and fared no better. I finally put it up on ebay, and by midweek the bidding was up to $4100. It sat there until the last few minutes and I assumed that would be it and I would make a small profit and move on. |
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Posted By: T206Collector
...there was an E222 lot that sold for just over $12,000 on ebay a couple years back. I was watching the auction because it also had a number of T206 HOFers and it was listed poorly. But the snipers won out in the end -- pushing the final total what seems to me was about $10,000 in just a few seconds. That's my recollection anyway.... |
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Posted By: Rhys
I placed a high bid on an item once with a few hours to go and the person who was the high bidder before me saw he was outbid and placed about 15 bids in the last 2-3 minutes and drove the price from about $100 to about $400. We were the only two bidders and if I had let his high bid stand until the last 10 seconds I would not have given him the time to keep trying to overtake me. SO in that case not setting a snipe cost me about $300. That was the last time I ever did this for an item I really cared about. For cheaper items I throw bids out there all the time, but not for expensive items anymore. |
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Posted By: rand
i have a very limited budget, if i go after a card i need i like to sit at the computer and manually (count in my head the seconds) plunk down my bid as close to the end as possible. when i do this, i place a bid high enough to win the lot. it is a thrill rush to see what happens when the screen comes back up and where my bid stands especially with 5 secs left to go, the refresh button is like watching the roulette ball just about land in its groove. i probably win 90% of the items i want this way. if i lose, i am not bothered as i will live to fight another day, i have learned that it "pays to wait". meaning i save money the next time around. |
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Posted By: Bob
The strangest one I ever saw was years ago on ebay, a T207 Lowdermilk. No one bid the minimum bid of $9.99 until 6 seconds to go and two guys each bid over one thousand dollars. Can't remember the final total but it was around $1200. I am sure the guy who won was happy but also muttering because if not for the other bidder he would have won the card for $9.99! (I know there may have been some 3rd bidder who sniped with less than 6 seconds to go whose bid didn't appear because it was only a few hundred dollars or so, but still it appears there were only two bidders). |
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Posted By: Vincent
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Posted By: ErlandStevens
I don't have deep enough pockets to chase prized items and therefore have never felt the need to snipe. I agree that it's probably the way to go on ebay (although the lack of early bidding action can lead some sellers to accept early offers to close listings). |
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Posted By: Alan
So what happens in the Ebay system if 3 or 4 people snipe (the same amount of money) at the same number of seconds before the end of an auction ? |
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Posted By: Dan Bretta
I think the largest jump I've ever seen was for an 1860's bound volume of sheet music that had a mint example of "The Homerun Quickstep" in it with a beautiful colorful cover. I think my snipe was something like $1200...it was not listed in the sports section and there was no mention of baseball in the book, but it had a nice picture of the one mentioned above....it was somewhere in the $80-$100 range and then just went up to $8,000 in the final seconds. I don't think my snipe even registered. |
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Posted By: leon
Sniping won't allow others to run you up.....It happens all of the time. I can't recall how many times I have won something for less than I thought it would go for, by sniping. Last night I had a snipe of $222 on a card...I won it for $10.99 (it was probably only worth $12 but hey, I wanted it)......take care |
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Posted By: Ed McCollum
but can you set sniping services to bid at major auction house offerings? I think either holding out for bidding at the last moment, or not entering my maximim bid on a lot earlier this year would have saved me a lot of money. I've started to dabble with Gavelsnipe, and have been happy so far, as it has freed me from watching the computer constantly, but don't think I could say it has saved me any money. |
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Posted By: Jim VB
"So what happens in the Ebay system if 3 or 4 people snipe (the same amount of money) at the same number of seconds before the end of an auction ?" |
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Posted By: Jim VB
"...can you set sniping services to bid at major auction house offerings?" |
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Posted By: Jim VB
We're really talking about a couple of different things here. One is "sniping" and the other is using a snipe service. |
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Posted By: Jamie
Wow couple cool stories.. i like the one where it was at 4,000 and jumped up to 12,000 thats crazy!! |
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Posted By: S Gross
On ebay boxing cards (less collectors sometimes going after still rarer cards), I've seen 5x - 10x jumps in the final 5-6 seconds. Sometimes I see a ~$100 card sitting at 9.99 with a few hours to go. I may not need the card, but will take on a steal. So, I put in a $50 snipe. Now, when the auction is over, I see 2 or 3 guys had put in snipes and the cards goes for $150+. No big deal, I took a long-shot, and lost. But sometimes the long-shots hit. |
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Posted By: leon
Yes, if some other nut put in a high snipe I would have had to pay up. I was sort of kidding about it being worth $12....it's probably a $100 card but is one I don't have, and have never seen before.....So, I was going to win it unless some other nut wanted to pay more. Even if I paid $222 for it I would have been ok....but $10.99 is a lot better.....You make good points though....best regards |
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Posted By: macboube
I thought the snipe from appx. $1k to $2.9k for a '55 AA S. Luckman(sorry - postwar...but see dave h. on his pre-tv take, and the good 'ol days) was amazing last yr. - but a $4k to $12K snipe is awesome. |
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Posted By: Vincent
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Posted By: Al C.risafulli
Here's a very simple, easy-to-understand, real-life example of how sniping saves you money. |
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Posted By: Jim VB
Al, |
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Posted By: Zinn
Put your snipe in at $109.13. Doubt if someone else will have the same exact amount. |
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Posted By: Jim VB
Zinn, |
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Posted By: Zinn
Well put. I overlooked that. |
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Posted By: Al C.risafulli
Jim: |
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Posted By: Jim VB
http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&item=280301664756&ssPageNam e=STRK:MEWA:BIDN |
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Posted By: Jeff Lichtman
Al, that story sucks. I would have been out of my mind angry had that happened to me. I think you would have been lucky to have lost that card. Also, I find that a three second cushion is really cutting it close. I use a six second cushion and occasionally have seen my bids put in at less than three seconds prior to the end of the auction. |
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Posted By: Rhett Yeakley
Here is a recent example of sniping at its finest (this isn't a pre-war Baseball auction). |
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Posted By: leon
I would be flying to PA to pick that one up on person. A 0 feedback ebayer and a card that is a 90k card for 21k?.....a plane flight would be a cheap insurance policy...regards |
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Posted By: Jim VB
Leon, |
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Posted By: Anthony N.
Ok, maybe Al's right and I'm a bit OCD, but if it's a must have item I use 2 sniping services. Justsnipe gives you 5 free per week, so that is my backup service (since they aren't nearly as reliable as bidnapper, my primary snipe) |
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Posted By: Chris Mc
I am technologically challenged so I enter a fractional amount of what the item is worth at the start of the listing and bid with about 20 seconds left. What it really comes down to is the one with the deeper pocket wins the prize. |
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Posted By: jay wolt
"THAT is the perfect example of why you don't put in your maximum bid and "let it ride" until the auction is over. The longer your max bid is in, the longer the other bidders have to push you up to your max bid" |
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Posted By: Al
I use esnipe for all my bidding. Long ago and far away, I used to bid manually at the 10 second mark, but I learned quickly that I was compelled to be online to do so. Sniping simply frees up my time to do other things. I do my homework, decide what I'm willing to pay for the card, put in the snipe and forget about it. Many West Coast sellers are still wide awake at 9PM their time when it's midnight on the East Coast...why on earth would you wait up so late to put in a bid manually? |
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