fuck you ebay

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  • Indian Summer
    Indian Summer Posts: 2,296
    I don't get why people get mad about this. If you were willing to pay more, why didn't you do that in your original bid? That way if a sniper does bid at the last second, and outbids you it's okay, because you didn't want to pay over "X" amount. That's the whole purpose of e-bay. Get mad at yourself for not bidding correctly to begin with.
    "It's all happening"
  • Indian Summer
    Indian Summer Posts: 2,296
    hobbes wrote:
    the fact that you can be outbid with thiry seconds less negates whatever notion of an auction there might be. whats the point of having it up for days at a time? why even have bidding until there's five minutes left in the action? if you go to an actual auction and someone makes a bid right before the auctioneer says "sold" then the bidding isn't just over..it's started over again.

    i don't know why they don't do it. it would make more money for ebay and for the sellers.

    So how would you ever end the auction?
    "It's all happening"
  • Strangest Tribe
    Strangest Tribe Posts: 2,502
    just bid what you are willing to pay...

    it's that easy.

    every strategy used on eBay is a myth.

    If there's 1 minute left on an auction you still enter what you are willing to pay right? and if someone else is willing to pay more you will lose by .50 right?

    If 10 people are watching an auction and all are going to enter the same amount the auction will still go to the person who originally bid...that's why I always bid up front instead of waiting til the last minute. especially if there are more than one of what you are wanting being sold.
    the Minions
  • crjb1978
    crjb1978 Posts: 54
    What ever happened to....going once...going twice....SOLD! Everybody would benefit. Sellers would get more and buyers win more. eBay and Paypal would get more in fees. I've never understood why they don't do it like a traditional auction.
  • Indian Summer
    Indian Summer Posts: 2,296
    crjb1978 wrote:
    What ever happened to....going once...going twice....SOLD! Everybody would benefit. Sellers would get more and buyers win more. eBay and Paypal would get more in fees. I've never understood why they don't do it like a traditional auction.

    that's what they do basically. They have to put a time limit on it though, or it would go on forever.
    "It's all happening"
  • Brez
    Brez Posts: 570
    It happened to me a few times, and I was like you at first.

    Now I'm an old pro ;)
    And before his first step... He's off again...
  • anakin_pdx
    anakin_pdx Posts: 396
    crjb1978 wrote:
    What ever happened to....going once...going twice....SOLD! Everybody would benefit. Sellers would get more and buyers win more. eBay and Paypal would get more in fees. I've never understood why they don't do it like a traditional auction.

    Actually the buyers would loose. How can buyers win more? If there is 100 auctions, there can only be 100 winning bidders. I've gotten plenty of things cheap because people forget to bid at the last second. If it kept going until people stopped bidding completely, I'd never get good deals. Sure if I had unlimited resources I'd always win auctions because I'd bid $10,000 on everything.

    And why the hell would you want to give eBay and Paypal even more money? They only grossed 7 billion dollars last year, while raising their fees and offering less customer service.

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