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Jan. 23rd, 2008 06:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lbd_nytetraynDammit all.
I've been without a wristwatch for years, waiting for something that stuck my fancy to come up. That something finally came up, and I got outbid in the last few seconds.
Damn eBay. Why can't they work like a real auction?
--LBD "Nytetrayn"
I've been without a wristwatch for years, waiting for something that stuck my fancy to come up. That something finally came up, and I got outbid in the last few seconds.
Damn eBay. Why can't they work like a real auction?
--LBD "Nytetrayn"
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Date: 2008-01-24 12:40 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-01-24 01:01 am (UTC)--LBD "Nytetrayn"
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Date: 2008-01-24 05:41 pm (UTC)But, I'm like kiapurity: I pretty much only go for BuyItNow listings.
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Date: 2008-01-24 06:17 pm (UTC)Unfortunately, this was like a one in a million item, so I don't expect to see it again any time soon, bid or buy.
--LBD "Nytetrayn"
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Date: 2008-01-24 03:31 am (UTC)Though, the best part about losing one auction was that it let me find the same manga for ... 8 dollars. Much cheaper than 100+ it was going for. Epic.
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Date: 2008-01-24 04:23 am (UTC)Kind of reminds me of my Final Fantasy 7 watch, with the cover art of Cloud in the middle of the watch face. The watch hands glow in the dark to boot. My dad had gotten it from a friend of his who worked at a watch store - there was a something about the watch that was defective, so they were going to pitch it. Instead, the guy gave it to my dad cause he knew he had kids. So I got that watch for Christmas, cause it turns out there was nothing wrong with it.
That was many, many years ago - and it's still the only watch I own, cause I love it that much. I've never seen another one like it for sale anywhere.
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Date: 2008-01-24 06:15 am (UTC)I think with Yahoo! auctions, you can set it up so that whenever someone bids just before the auction ends, the time automatically gets extended. But then, since when does anyone outside of Japan ever use Yahoo! auctions?
Anyway, sorry to hear about the lost auction... But I think it's a little silly to wish for eBay to work like a real auction! Things are the way they are and just griping about them won't change things. Maybe you'll see an auction like that again sometime soon? I hope you manage to get yourself a cool watch! I've gone without a watch for years for the same reason.
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Date: 2008-01-24 12:40 pm (UTC)But I think it's a little silly to wish for eBay to work like a real auction!
I disagree; I think it's perfectly reasonable to wish for it, though expecting it to happen, on the other hand, is a whole 'nother story.
The seller says they MIGHT have more, but don't know. One like that is pretty rare; there are tons of Nintendo/Mario watches on eBay (http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?from=R40&_trksid=m37&satitle=Mario+Watch), but I seriously question their legitimacy (save for maybe the Game & Watches).
--LBD "Nytetrayn"
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Date: 2008-01-24 01:46 pm (UTC)http://resources.webmasterdigest.com/reviews/jbid-watcher.html
I never said it was unreasonable, just silly! Like wishing my shoes were made of bubble gum. Of course the issue with sniping has been brought up with eBay, and they're aware of it, but their stance is that if you originally bid the absolutely highest amount you would've paid, then snipers shouldn't matter. If they snipe for less than or as much as you bid, you'd still win. If they snipe for more than you bid, then well, it's more than you wanted to pay for it anyway, right? Just because they beat you by 50 cents or a dollar doesn't mean that their maximum bid wasn't much higher.
I mean, of course sniping is still annoying, no matter how you slice it. But I think they're right! I've gotten upset at being sniped out by things before, but yeah, at that point it was more than I was willing to pay anyway... And every single thing I've bid for on eBay and lost, except for one, I've eventually found again and won or found through other means. If there's something really important to me, eheh, I snipe myself. And I bid as high as I possibly can... literally to the point where, if the price + shipping were a dollar more, I actually couldn't afford it. But like I said, it depends on how important it is... If I lose I figure I only have myself to blame. Or lack of money.
Have you heard of Vickney auctions? It's a theoretical type of auction. I think it's an idea tossed around in computer programming lectures as an example of creative thinking to acheive a desired result, when normal situations don't. The idea is that the winner of such an auction pays the price bid by the second-highest bidder, which is supposed to ensure people TRULY bid their absolute highest amount. If the winner bids lower than they're willing to pay, they're just improving the chances of the next guy winning. If the losers bid lower, then they're just lowering the price the winner pays. So it pays for everyone to bid absolutely as high as possible.
It's difficult to see how to apply this to other situations, but anyway...
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Date: 2008-01-24 03:11 pm (UTC)And I think eSnipe or something is what I used to use.
Me, I'm never sure how much is the highest I'm willing to bid. :P It comes down to like "will another dollar hurt?" in the final seconds...
--LBD "Nytetrayn"
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Date: 2008-01-24 03:22 pm (UTC)But yeah... JBid worked really well, back when I used it! Like I said, it's been years... And I usually didn't trust it to snipe so I'd end up sniping on my own anyway. It was painful back on dial-up, but doable.
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Date: 2008-01-24 03:42 pm (UTC)--LBD "Nytetrayn"