The ebay thread

2009-10-01 07:52:41 pm

Club 27 Goals

http://cgi.ebay.com/Prof-Pedo-Bear-MASCOT-CHARACTER-COSTUME-ADULT-SIZE_W0QQitemZ370266203033QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item563595e399&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

I want

Baby Sheegoth

2009-10-01 08:16:48 pm

Quote from Pedo Bear Costume:

They are Great for Childrens’ parties,any other special events&occasions.

NEVER LAUGHED SO HARD EVER

Opium

2009-10-01 10:12:40 pm

Does that guy even know what 'pedo bear' implies?

Anyways, check this out:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160365731891&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

Quietus

2009-10-02 04:29:03 am

Super Secret Area - Dead Ahead!

Bizarre thing to notice, I know, but his eyes look too big.

Opium

2009-10-02 06:38:07 am

I just checked out the URL in the description and the company also makes alot of other big statues, including a samus one.

http://www.mucklefiguren.de

aigamerDS

2009-10-19 11:31:46 pm

I recently bought motherboard from ebay, and I'm very disappointed. I spent many hours installing it and found out that it doesn't work. Now I'm going to request return and get full refund.

This is where I bought the motherboard.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=370270609258&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

Quietus

2009-10-20 04:47:17 am

Super Secret Area - Dead Ahead!

It says on the listing that the seller pays return postage, so it sounds OK.

Poision Envy

2009-10-20 09:08:01 pm

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Dont buy computer parts off ebay.

Seriously, just go to newegg or amazon.

arkarian

2009-10-20 09:19:08 pm

red chamber dream

especially not a motherboard lol. newegg is probably only slightly more expensive anyway.

aigamerDS

Edit history:

aigamerDS: 2009-10-21 03:10:33 am

2009-10-21 03:01:53 am

Ok, it turns out that the motherboard I bought from ebay wasn't defective at all. All this problems I have in the first place was extra screws that cause short circuit.

ryu

Edit history:

ryu: 2009-10-25 10:04:25 am

2009-10-25 09:43:00 am

Is it correct that when I bit 100$ on something on ebay, and the last person before me put a bid way below that (let's say 30$), I will only have to pay the smallest amount higher than the previous bid (31,50$ in that case)?
Because I once bid a good amount of money on ebay and was suprised I had to pay a smaller sum.

Also this is kinda important right now because I'm trying to win an auction here.

edit: YEEEES http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemVersion&item=120482919590&view=all&tid=0

Opium

2009-10-25 12:44:37 pm

If the current bid is $30 and you bid $100, you will be in the lead with a bid of $35. If someone comes along and bids $50, then ebay will automatically raise your winning bid to $55 since your $100 bid basically is a promise to go up to that amount. Someone would have to keep placing bids until they went OVER $100 before you are outbid.

If there is a hot item that's sure to have some heated bidding, then there's definitely some strategy involved. I find it effective to place your highest bid mere seconds away from the end of the auction. This doesn't give the competition time to keep placing little bids to get back on top again, they can't see how high you went and the only way to find out is for them to keep bidding. So - wait until there is only 10 seconds left and then place a bid which represents the absolute highest amount you are willing to pay. If you lose then oh well - that just means the highest amount you were willing to pay was less than someone else's and the the item was too rich for your blood.

If the current bid is $30 and you bid $100, you will be in the lead with a bid of $35.  If someone comes along and bids $50, then ebay will automatically raise your winning bid to $55 since your $100 bid basically is a promise to go up to that amount.  Someone would have to keep placing bids until they went OVER $100 before you are outbid.

If there is a hot item that's sure to have some heated bidding, then there's definitely some strategy involved.  I find it effective to place your highest bid mere seconds away from the end of the auction.  This doesn't give the competition time to keep placing little bids to get back on top again, they can't see how high you went and the only way to find out is for them to keep bidding.  So - wait until there is only 10 seconds left and then place a bid which represents the absolute highest amount you are willing to pay.  If you lose then oh well - that just means the highest amount you were willing to pay was less than someone else's and the the item was too rich for your blood.

ryu

2009-10-25 01:00:43 pm

Quote from Opium:

If there is a hot item that's sure to have some heated bidding, then there's definitely some strategy involved. I find it effective to place your highest bid mere seconds away from the end of the auction. This doesn't give the competition time to keep placing little bids to get back on top again, they can't see how high you went and the only way to find out is for them to keep bidding. So - wait until there is only 10 seconds left and then place a bid which represents the absolute highest amount you are willing to pay. If you lose then oh well - that just means the highest amount you were willing to pay was less than someone else's and the the item was too rich for your blood.

Yeah, that's exactly what I did on the PS2 acution. It's also a good thing I got the idea of using a second tab. One for placing the bid, one for refreshing and checking the actual time.

I lost an auction on an awesome (and cheap) game weeks earlier because I somehow couldn't think of that. /facepalm

[quote="Opium"]If there is a hot item that's sure to have some heated bidding, then there's definitely some strategy involved.  I find it effective to place your highest bid mere seconds away from the end of the auction.  This doesn't give the competition time to keep placing little bids to get back on top again, they can't see how high you went and the only way to find out is for them to keep bidding.  So - wait until there is only 10 seconds left and then place a bid which represents the absolute highest amount you are willing to pay.  If you lose then oh well - that just means the highest amount you were willing to pay was less than someone else's and the the item was too rich for your blood.  
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Yeah, that's exactly what I did on the PS2 acution. It's also a good thing I got the idea of using a second tab. One for placing the bid, one for refreshing and checking the actual time.

I lost an auction on an awesome (and cheap) game weeks earlier because I somehow couldn't think of that. /facepalm

Poision Envy

2009-10-25 01:01:50 pm

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Buying things from ebay can be really exciting sometimes :D

When its down to the last few seconds things get really interesting