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Anyone else having problems placing "last-minute" bids on Ebay lately?
Posted By: Brian McQueen
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Anyone else having problems placing "last-minute" bids on Ebay lately?
Posted By: dennis
it has happened to me more than a few times (just last week) and i scream and holler and the card goes low and i wonder did it happen to more people than just me? |
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Anyone else having problems placing "last-minute" bids on Ebay lately?
Posted By: Dan Bretta
I use a sniping service and just won an auction last second a few days ago. I don't trust myself to be able to put in a last second bid for fear of having the problem you describe. |
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Posted By: dennis
if you knew how many times i missed an auction because i got caught up reading a thread on this site! at least 10x. but this is not the issue i hit confirm and it just freezes and then...the 2 dreaded words.... auction ended |
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Anyone else having problems placing "last-minute" bids on Ebay lately?
Posted By: joe brennan
justsnipe.com |
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Anyone else having problems placing "last-minute" bids on Ebay lately?
Posted By: George Dreher
Maybe you were trying to outbid an eBay employee? |
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Anyone else having problems placing "last-minute" bids on Ebay lately?
Posted By: Joann
Strange. I've not had the problem on ebay, but haven't been bidding on much either. But I've had the same thing happen the past two or three days on another site I visit fairly regularly. Some common and often-used links seem to be just plain dead. I even type the url into the address box manually, and nothing. It's driving me nuts. |
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Posted By: bigfish
you are not alone. I have had the same types of issues. Not sure what to do. Guess you can put in a ceiling bid that no one will beat to ensure you win the card. Then you run the chance of over paying. Its like playing pocket jacks. |
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Posted By: Joe D.
you don't have to wait around for the last minute of an auction... just set your snipe and forget it. |
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Posted By: Bob
I use a snipe service because I learned the hard way, continually having computer and ebay malfunctions trying to manually place last second bids 4 or 5 years ago. It's still fun trying to go wire to wire on a card but it is almost impossible these days... |
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Anyone else having problems placing "last-minute" bids on Ebay lately?
Posted By: Dan Bretta
I had problems last week with ebay live during the Courtney-Hassenger auction. I was trying to bid live on at least 5 or 6 lots and it would not take my bid. I did win 3 lots...one I placed an early bid on and the other two I bid live. There was a nice composite cabinet photo from the 1890's of a team called the Maroons (no, not THOSE Maroons) that sold for $25....I was desperately hitting the Bid Now button and it wouldn't work. It also froze up on me twice and kicked me out...I had to close my browser and reopen twice in which time I missed another lot I wanted to bid on. |
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Anyone else having problems placing "last-minute" bids on Ebay lately?
Posted By: Herman
Guys, thats what you risk when you snipe. If you just put in a top all bid you want to spend for the card then there wont be any problems. I see too many people trying to snipe and they are real poor at it. Never win the cards they really want and most of the time get shutout then cry about it saying they would have paid more. Boo friggin hoo. Stop bottom feeding and place a healthy bid. |
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Anyone else having problems placing "last-minute" bids on Ebay lately?
Posted By: Dan Bretta
Thanks Herman - I always appreciate when someone calls me a fool and bottom feeder. Not sure what your experience has been on ebay, but I have had great success with sniping and I don't have to worry about the seller shilling an early "healthy" bid. I might add a sniping service is probably even a smarter choice now that ebay has made it harder to detect a shill. |
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Anyone else having problems placing "last-minute" bids on Ebay lately?
Posted By: Dave
Herman...some people don't have time to sit around at the computer at midnight or eight in the morning. Anytime I've manually placed a bid ahead of time, it almost always ends up being outbid by a single bidder at the end. Not understanding what your talking about...people should bid healthy upfront? For a $150 card I should put in a max of $250 to assure I get it? Doesn't make sense to me. |
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Posted By: dennis
Sniping is for fools March 27 2007, 3:00 PM |
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Posted By: T206Collector
...the seller thanks you for placing a high proxy bid that underbidders can gnash away at until they decide not to outbid you. |
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Anyone else having problems placing "last-minute" bids on Ebay lately?
Posted By: Dylan
thats happened to me several times, just another reason why i use snipe service |
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Anyone else having problems placing "last-minute" bids on Ebay lately?
Posted By: Brian McQueen
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Anyone else having problems placing "last-minute" bids on Ebay lately?
Posted By: Joann
Brian - you forgot antagonistic. |
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Anyone else having problems placing "last-minute" bids on Ebay lately?
Posted By: barrysloate
Thank you Brian. |
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Anyone else having problems placing "last-minute" bids on Ebay lately?
Posted By: Dave Hornish
eBay is having all sorts of problems lately. My watchlist disappeared for two hours on Sunday night and cards I was selling shoed up in duplicated listings. At points over the weekend I could not access the site at all. My father, who lives 15 miles away was also having the same problems. Frustrating. |
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Posted By: quan
ur a smart guy, i'm also curious why u don't use a sniping service? although lately i've had a few of those impulse buys in the last minute...only a couple things in life beat that rush you get! luckily (or not) ebay hasn't crapped out on me in those instances. |
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Anyone else having problems placing "last-minute" bids on Ebay lately?
Posted By: Brian McQueen
Hi Quan, |
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Posted By: leon
I use a snipe service almost 100% of the time...sometimes I try to do it manually for fun PLUS have the snipe set. On several of my best purchases my computer snagged and my snipe worked....ask Richard M about it ..... |
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