What’s your favorite bid? 1 1

[lizards2]

21 hours ago, Get Marwood & I said:

8 posts in and no one has said "my winning one" yet? This place really is dead 

Sometimes, I'm ecstatic over losing....,   

Especially after I discover some drunk, midnight bids....., 

[icefires]

Oh, did you say bid?

I thought you said bud, and I was going to give you my list.

Sorry.

[lizards2]

2 hours ago, icefires said:

Oh, did you say bid?

I thought you said bud, and I was going to give you my list.

Sorry.

Purple Trainwreck? 

[valiantman]

9 hours ago, SeniorSurfer said:

I'll usually put some odd amount for the dollars and cents (46.84, 58.63) but also, odious as it might sound, at the last snipe-filled moment though keeping in mind the bottom-line number I don't want to exceed.

Way back when, if it was something I really wanted, I used to bid an outlandish sum and just expect it would win.  There was a great science fiction S&P set that I really wanted to get for my ex's birthday so I tried that stunt and still had to sweat it out at the end.  Theoretically I was almost assured of winning, but then some weasels came around nickel-and-diming and I just paid much more than what I would have normally.  In the end, the ex kept that S&P and I was lucky to escape with my comics.  Probably some kind of moral in there somewhere.

GavelSnipe.com - set it and forget it.

[valiantman]

Always bid with gasoline prices.

$3.29⁹

[deadleg]

On 6/14/2018 at 5:27 PM, kav said:

I do have one friend that when he wants something on ebay he never loses.  Example an item was up to $300 so he sniped a bid of $5000.

I’ve always wanted to see two people do something like this on an item and see someone get stuck with paying an obscenely stupid amount of money for a book. 

[Buzzetta]

Whatever walks up the bids... I do it early and often in the beginning. 

I also can sometimes tell when someone is bidding on a bunch of things that are alike.  Then I try to walk their bids up to their max so they are maxing out their money and go after the piece I really want the most with more gusto.   

 

Yes, this has worked. 

[SuperZar]

3 hours ago, Buzzetta said:

Whatever walks up the bids... I do it early and often in the beginning. 

I also can sometimes tell when someone is bidding on a bunch of things that are alike.  Then I try to walk their bids up to their max so they are maxing out their money and go after the piece I really want the most with more gusto.   

 

Yes, this has worked. 

Except the time you walk up the bid on stuff you don't really want and end up winning

[Buzzetta]

2 hours ago, SuperZar said:

Except the time you walk up the bid on stuff you don't really want and end up winning

It works enough for me that I keep doing it. 

[rat chew]

$1 Drew

[rat chew]

On ‎6‎/‎15‎/‎2018 at 5:28 PM, lizards2 said:

Purple Trainwreck? 

Aw yeah hybrids.  When I was in San Francisco I got some Wedding Cake with 30% thc, best I ever had.  I just went to the dispensary.  This is what it's like in Chicago...

Edited June 25, 2018 by rat chew
Bad judgement

[jcjames]

[rjpb]

I end a lot of bids in 2 or 6, but no real favorite amount. On cheaper items, I'll roll shipping costs in to those calculations. 

[Zevgoli]

.99 cents

[Callaway29]

I had a NICE feeling bid this weekend. People were bidding up the item I wanted well in advance of the closing moments...resulting in the price hovering around FMV days prior to closing. Keep in mind I've been hunting for this particular book for many months, and I was CERTAIN there was a mob of folks waiting until the end to make their big play. I waited until the last 10 seconds for my snipe bid and, me being the non-disciplined individual I am, reluctantly went a few hundred more than I wanted to pay. To my surprise, the price only went up $25...and it closed a few hundred below my max bid. WOW...people ran it up early and then walked away.  

Edited June 18, 2018 by Callaway29

[jcjames]

2 hours ago, Callaway29 said:

I had a NICE feeling bid this weekend. People were bidding up the item I wanted well in advance of the closing moments...resulting in the price hovering around FMV days prior to closing. Keep in mind I've been hunting for this particular book for many months, and I was CERTAIN there was a mob of folks waiting until the end to make their big play. I waited until the last 10 seconds for my snipe bid and, me being the non-disciplined individual I am, reluctantly went a few hundred more than I wanted to pay. To my surprise, the price only went up $25...and it closed a few hundred below my max bid. WOW...people ran it up early and then walked away.  

[Antpark]

On ‎6‎/‎14‎/‎2018 at 1:28 PM, lizards2 said:

I do like bids that bump to fun numbers on eBay =- 3.08, 5.05, 6.16, 7.27, 8.38, 9.49, 10.61, 15.15, 16.16, 21.72, 25.66, 32.33, 43.44, 54.55, 65.66, 76.77, 87.88, 98.99, and 108.61.

That's usually how I'll bid an item. Either something like consecutive numbers -- 34.56, 32.10 or the same number repeatedly -- 33.33, 77.77.

On occasion, I've bid in Fibonacci numbers -- 21.34, 55.89, 112.35

[Junkdrawer]

Even at this level 

[oakman29]

A winning bid.

[bc]

I like to use song references - deviations of 2112, 2525 (In the year), 2000 (Light years from home). Either that or mathematic significance - 3.14, 6.626 (Plancks constant), etc.

But the Fibonacci  idea is great!

-bc