[Spridgets] Cookie Jar

[Mike Rambour]

  Maybe you are all right but I have a life, I can't count the number of 
times I waited to bid on something and forgot about it until an hour 
after the auction or the day after.  Now I bid what I am willing to pay 
when I see it and walk away, if I win a few days later, great, if not 
too bad.   Do I overpay for the items I win ? maybe but I did not lose 
sleep thinking about it, setting reminders to be on line at a certain 
time etc.

  In the case of that Lucas SLC/2 switch, no one was going to outbid me 
anyway, they usually go for about $100-200, I had a extra "0" in my top 
bid, I really wanted/needed it :)    The next 2 that came on e-bay I bid 
$150 and lost, one by $30 and the other by $1.

  Then again, I have not bid for anything on e-bay in over a year now, 
Singer parts that I need just don't come up that often.

     mike

  On 04/03/2011 04:24 PM, Jay wrote:
> Early bidding prompts others to bid in increments above what they would
> otherwise bid. Placing an early high bid, often just causes others to keep
> placing multiple and higher bids which results in the early high bidder paying
> more for an item that he/she would have paid by bidding at the last moment.
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>   jay fishbein
> wallingford, ct
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> From: Mike Rambour<lists at dinospider.com>
> To: spridgets at autox.team.net
> Sent: Sun, April 3, 2011 6:01:02 PM
> Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Cookie Jar
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> that perfectly describes me except for the wait to the last minute part.
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> I decide what I want to pay for it, sometimes add a little more and bid and walk
> away.  A few days later, I either get a e-mail that I won or I get nothing.  But
> to be fair sometimes I have ended up paying more for things than I would have
> liked because if I really want it, I will make sure I get it when I bid.  There
> was a Lucas SLC/2 switch for sale 2 years ago at $23 with 4 days left.   I knew
> it would go over a $100 but I ABSOLUTELY needed so I bid accordingly, 4 days
> later when I got the e-mail I was a little shocked at the final bid of $430 but
> I got the switch with room to spare on my bid, it really went up over those 4
> days.   Usually (99.9999%) my bids are much more reasonable and I walk away and
> wait for my e-mail, I have NEVER understood this waiting until the last few
> seconds and will not.
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