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You know when a guitar comes up on Ebay that you really want and you have been watching for close to 7 days. Well, there is under a minute to go and you are ready to go in for the kill with that really annoying one chance winning bid in the last 13 seconds?

Well - Do you notice that there are always little beads of perspiration running from your armpits?

Isn't a real pisser when an automatic bid takes you out and you have given yourself no chance to bid again?

yes.

Similar to me, but looks more like this :

five minutes to go ......

one minute to go .....

the last few seconds .....

auction lost.....

If it's something you really want, & if you're willing to pay more, why not bid the full amount you're willing to pay & reduce the risk of being sniped as the final seconds tick away?

If everybody's bidding less than they're willing to pay, a time-certain auction turns into a game of "bargain roulette."

I just think "It's only stuff". I can't think of anything on the Boink I can't live without. Therefore, I've never experienced that "sweaty sensation." Momentary stupidity over an RS recently, but my ISP saved me.

because there's a difference between "the amount you're willing to pay" and "the amount you would have paid, if you could have a second chance"!



"it's only stuff, but I like it" (Jagger/Richards/Mozart)

keep your fingers crossed for me at 21:23 CET ! I got this nervous feeling coming up again.....

EDIT: got her! (MIJ 7ender)

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What you are wiling to pay is a somewhat arbitrary number. Say you are willing to pay $150 for something. If you are the next to highet bidder it will go for $151. Would you have paid that dollar more?, sure. Given the way e-bong works you don't know that you would have won had you bid an extra $2. That is why I call it e-bong. The urge to take an other hit at it can be high

My method, which has worked to keep me a cheap bastard, is to bid what I am willing to pay when I decide to bid. "The slo-hand method". I then don't look at the auction till it is over.

Thats my method... I havent won anything on Ebay in a longggggg time...

Happy also sinse prefer buying local, you can try the instrument, hagle-negotiate (love hagling... best part of buying....) and you get the instrument right away with no additional fees like shipping and duty...

But.... by doing that, you are limited as to what is offered and available in your area...... ( no Masterpiece for me... )

P.

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MAA Member since June 29th 2009, taking one baby step at a time..... and failing miserably!

This method is making it more expensive (unless your the only bidder): to bid what you're willing to pay, forces other bidders to go higher and higher with their bids, until they either have outbid your max. , or they've given up, after raising the price!
If you do nothing, the other bids might remain low. Then you can feed ebay with your bid at the last seconds of the auction, and if your lucky, you end up with less than you've been willing to pay! No time for the others to react. The other side of the medal:
you're not able to increase your own bid anymore.

The bay is the only possibility for me to acquire used gear! There are no pawn shops in my part of the world! At fleamarkets you can find everything but musical instruments, and second hand instruments at music shops are way too expensive!!
Therefore I'm rather happy with eboink. 304 transactions so far, 100% pos. feedback.
Currently I'm waiting on a 1986 Fujigen made strat No mat! Shame on me

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All vantage-branded guitars were lower-priced instruments aimed at the beginner-to-intermediate market. It has no interest to collectors and very little demand among players! (www.allexperts.com)

That's what gets my knickers in a twist with eBay buying!
Nuthin' wrong with Fujigen...but a Strat?? Nah.

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