Ebay bidders - what are you thinking?

[both-teams-played-hard]

Re: Ebay bidders - what are you thinking?

Dear Ebay bidders,
Please disregard this thread. Please bid early and often.

thanks,
Both-Teams-Played-Hard (seller name)

[brianborsch]

Re: Ebay bidders - what are you thinking?

But, but nickel and diming, eventually the price will be high enough that it may scare off the competition whereas if they were to not do anything until the end, they may get outbid at the end.

I can see benefits to both sides. It all depends on how bad they want the item and how much they have to blow on it.

Obviously the first poster wants the item in question as well, as they seem frustrated that the price is getting higher and higher, which pushes it further away from the "deal" status that people hope to get on ebay and other auction sites.

[otismalibu]

Re: Ebay bidders - what are you thinking?

For the life of me, I cant understand why ebay bidders will nickle and dime an auction up every few hours with 5 or 6 days left in the auction. It just keeps going and going up.

I hear ya!

If it's a newbie, I will occasionally send them an email and politely explain the goofiness of their actions.

I'm always surprised to see seasoned eBayers bidding early. I guess they have deep pockets and figure they can scare of the nibblers.

Still makes no sense to me. Why give your competition the better part of a week to convince themselves to maybe go a little higher?

Give them no time at all.

[Vintagedeputy]

ok, this is a pet peeve.

For the life of me, I cant understand why ebay bidders will nickle and dime an auction up every few hours with 5 or 6 days left in the auction. It just keeps going and going up.

I'm watching a few items and every time I look, its up another $5-10. Doesnt everyone use a snipe service these days and just set their maximum bid or at least put your max bid in with ebay?