a pet peeve about ebay-ers

ummm...

That's the ebay style, you just got to learn to roll with the punches or outbid them.

If you don't want competition, you should buy at set price sales or walmart.

obviously if they bid enough to outbid you and STILL make a profit on the stuff, then you didn't bid anywhere near what a real collector would pay. Bid higher, ebayers will stop bidding once the price gets close to resale value

I would suggest a sniping software - this way no one can follow you and see what you are bidding on, it increases your odds of winning.

and alwats check the eBay stores as well - you would be surprised at what you can find with a BIN and therefore no waiting for the bidding to play out!

alwats = always!

thats the fun of ebay though, grabbing at the last minute. its the excitement of winning it.

Once boughten we can do with it as we please.

Some folks make lot's to get a sale,and declutter,then someone can then turn their own profit.

It's the way of the buy and sell world.

you shoulda bid on my lot! You would have been the high bidder LOL

Sometimes people put them in lots to save trouble listing it one by one. There is a better chance of selling it, and getting more lookers by selling it in a lot.

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it's the name of the game, so either poop or get off the pot


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Let me understand this... you're upset because someone was willing to pay more than you did?

I hate being outbid by a sniper too, but I learned my lesson last New Years Eve. I wanted this beautiful blouse. No one had bid on it and it was in the last few hours of the listing. The opening bid was for $10... I bid $12... no bids came until the last few seconds and the blouse sold for $42... I would've paid that much!!! Now, when I bid, I put my max bid in. I wouldn't have lost the blouse if I had bid the $50 I was willing to pay!!!

Someone wanted it more and they got it.

The game here on eBay is to get it for the least amount you can, while the buyer tries to get the most they can. What buyers don't see is how many people are 'watching' an item. That blouse probably had 10 or 15 watchers... all waiting to bid in the last few seconds...

Oh and Kat! I have more lots too if your interested! LOL

lol iiapco.

A neighbor of mine many moons ago,gave me lot's of clothes,I went thru them,took out all we could use,and passed them around to friends and family,then they came back to me,I was very grateful too.And when I had my yard sale,I put the rest of them in the sale.

My neighbor went nutty on me.

I was kinda surprised,but learned that day,when we give something away,or sell it even,it is no longer ours to do as we wish with it.

Actually, I completely disagree with you. This IS a real job for many, and they are doing EXACTLY what they would be doing if they went to the estate sale to make their winning bids on the LOT!

I think you are the only one...

LOL @ djoe!

I dont care if they resell it, as long as I get my money first.

for instance people sell beads, well they buy the beads to make jewelry and resell. They buy jewelry parts, to make Jewlery and resell. some buy collectors items and fix them up and then resell. There is a lot of people who search all day long for good buys to resell them. Thats just the way it is for a lot of Ebayers.

Don't get me wrong, I do understand that when collecting, you are trying to complete something that is meaningful to you. But consider the fact that the seller who is offering up these items also acquired them somewhere. He is trying to make a profit by selling to the highest biddier (or in many cases, just trying to get some of his costs for the items back). So, of course, the seller is always happy to sell to the highest bidder regardless of whether the winning bidder intends to add the items to his collection or turn around and sell them to the next highest bidder. There is no harm or foul in this. It is exactly as it should be.

Perhaps the expectation to come in a win auctions "because you are a collector" rather than because you are willing to outbid the competition is the real problem. It is not so different from the sellers who try to get folks to "buy their stuff" because they are behind in their mortgage payment, have a medical condition, or what-have-you. eBay was designed to sell items that others want at the prices they are willing to pay. Once buyers and sellers understand that, they can get over the, "it's not fair" issues.

Many buyers do use sniping software to grab the items they really want at the very last minute. I don't, but eBay says it's OK. So, if that is the only way you can win the items you are after, perhaps it would be worth your while to investigate that.

I may be wrong, but I think most of you are confused about the post. I took it to mean that they got outbid at a live auction by an ebay seller who is going to take the items and sell them on ebay - not that they got outbid on ebay.

Go Get A Real Job? HARSH. VERY HARSH.

BACKING OUT OF THIS.......FAST


UGH.......

BY THE WAY ITS A REAL JOB!

lol...ohhhh whooo what have i caused now? lol

ok first off... please no one take anything i said seriously or personal... the comment about getting a real job.... i apologize but that was a smirk comment towards a friend that i KNEW would see this blog and laugh cause i was SPEAKING towards him knowing he would get the joke...... "i sorry" for anyone that might have felt i was belittling your efforts at enjoying ur ebay job.

secondly... what i was talking about was.... waitresschik was correct in her observation...i don't have any problems with being outbid and yeah sometimes it goes beyond what i can handle at that moment in time ...this isnt about outbidding.... i enjoy playing just as much as the rest of u.... i guess my gritch was about turning around to resale ...i see the point..but man i wanted those things...lol...

pegonthe bay... lol...ur killing me... i just have to go check ur lots out.... lol...

anyways.... thanks for the comments...this was fun ...reading ur words.... and thanks for the advice from those that had any...

now..i am sitting here thinking....wow if this got 24 comments at last check....what else could i possibly express?? lol.................

have a good one...
laughing, me