I love Ebay!

[Gary Ciaramella]

I just scored a copy of Strike Force for $10 (including S&H) in really good condition... I am SO jazzed! :D

[Hermit]

Lucky Bastage ;) Congrats!

[Lord Liaden]

That is rare good fortune, Gary. Strike Force usually commands a much higher price on eBay. The last minute cyber-stalkers must have been taking the weekend off. :rolleyes:

If this will be your first viewing of Strike Force, you're in for a treat.

I must say, though, that while I've gotten some excellent deals on eBay, those bidders who wait until literally the last minute to scoop you are enormously frustrating. Several times I've been beaten out by a few measley cents just because I didn't have the freedom to park myself in front of my computer until the auction was over. :mad:

Just recently I saw a mint shrinkwrapped copy of Wings of the Valkyrie that had been listed for a whole week go from $20.00 to $70.00 during the last half-hour! :eek:

[Gary Ciaramella]

What saved me is that the seller had set up the option of buying the book for $7.99 straight out... I did not waste time bidding :)

[James Gillen]

Good job, Gary!

[Derek Hiemforth]

Originally posted by Lord Liaden
I must say, though, that while I've gotten some excellent deals on eBay, those bidders who wait until literally the last minute to scoop you are enormously frustrating. Several times I've been beaten out by a few measley cents just because I didn't have the freedom to park myself in front of my computer until the auction was over. :mad:That's why you should always enter the maximum amount you're willing to pay as your bid. Then it doesn't matter if someone snipes at the last minute. If they exceed your bid, well, then it was the most you were willing to pay anyway. :)

[Derek Hiemforth]

Originally posted by Gary Ciaramella
What saved me is that the seller had set up the option of buying the book for $7.99 straight out... I did not waste time bidding :) That is lucky. Clearly, the seller didn't know the value of the item. :)

[Siberian Tiger]

I got a copy of Strikeforce via the Uk version of ebay for £2.20 - just under $4 - again grateful that the seller didn't have a clue to what he was selling !

[Derek Hiemforth]

Yeah, I got a copy of Wings of the Valkyrie at a con for $4 that way one time. Heh, heh. :)

[lemming]

Originally posted by Lord Liaden
That is rare good fortune, Gary. Strike Force usually commands a much higher price on eBay. The last minute cyber-stalkers must have been taking the weekend off. :rolleyes:
They're probably checking out all the Buffy gear that's being auctioned off from the show. I might be a Buffy fan, but even if I had the disposable income it's a bit disturbing how much certain things have gone for.

Back to semi-OT: E-Bay is a good real world example of a random magic shop encounter.

[Lord Liaden]

Originally posted by Derek Hiemforth
That's why you should always enter the maximum amount you're willing to pay as your bid. Then it doesn't matter if someone snipes at the last minute. If they exceed your bid, well, then it was the most you were willing to pay anyway. :)

Except that when I've checked the bidding history for some of these auctions, I've noticed that someone will keeping jacking up his bids versus the leading bidder until he just barely tops that bid. I usually do enter the maximum price I'm willing to pay, but in many cases I'd exceed that by $.50 or $1.00 if I knew that would make the difference, and had the chance to revise my bid. :(

[Force]

Originally posted by Lord Liaden
Except that when I've checked the bidding history for some of these auctions, I've noticed that someone will keeping jacking up his bids versus the leading bidder until he just barely tops that bid. I usually do enter the maximum price I'm willing to pay, but in many cases I'd exceed that by $.50 or $1.00 if I knew that would make the difference, and had the chance to revise my bid. :(

That is usually done by non-ebay site bidding services.

You can set them up so they automatically bid for you.

[Monolith]

Originally posted by Lord Liaden
I usually do enter the maximum price I'm willing to pay, but in many cases I'd exceed that by $.50 or $1.00 if I knew that would make the difference, and had the chance to revise my bid. :(
Well, you must make your EGO Roll at the time of your initial bid and put that extra $1.00 on from the very beginning. Then if you lose you know you did your very best. :)

[urbwar]

Originally posted by Lord Liaden

Just recently I saw a mint shrinkwrapped copy of Wings of the Valkyrie that had been listed for a whole week go from $20.00 to $70.00 during the last half-hour! :eek:

I actually scored a copy in shrinkwrap off ebay for under 20 bucks (it was more like 15 with shipping). Funny thing is, no one else bid on the auction, and I snagged it on the opening price just before the auction ended. Talk about being lucky....

[Acroyear]

Originally posted by Lord Liaden
I must say, though, that while I've gotten some excellent deals on eBay, those bidders who wait until literally the last minute to scoop you are enormously frustrating. Several times I've been beaten out by a few measley cents just because I didn't have the freedom to park myself in front of my computer until the auction was over. :mad:

HellloooOOOOOoooooo :D