And yet another unknown CT-100

[ChrisW6ATV]

Originally Posted by ohohyodafarted

Who's the winner????????????????

Not I. My bid sat there as the high bid for about a week, until the last minute as usual. I was almost afraid I was going to win it, and I have no idea how I was going to get it safely to California. Fortunately, I was outbid at the end, seriously outbid. Silly me.

[miniman82]

Same here, my tiny little $3500 bid was fleeting as well.

[Phil Nelson]

Originally Posted by ChrisW6ATV

I was outbid at the end, seriously outbid.

The price of this TV doubled in the final 60 seconds. Automated last-second bidding is so common that it's pretty pointless to watch "old fashioned" bids (or make one) before the last few seconds. It's not like you're going to sneak past everyone and score a $5000 item for $50 when nobody is watching. On eBay, the world is watching and robo-bidders never sleep.

Phil

[jeyurkon]

Originally Posted by Phil Nelson

The price of this TV doubled in the final 60 seconds. Automated last-second bidding is so common that it's pretty pointless to watch "old fashioned" bids (or make one) before the last few seconds. It's not like you're going to sneak past everyone and score a $5000 item for $50 when nobody is watching. On eBay, the world is watching and robo-bidders never sleep.

Phil

On occasion I've done well when an item was placed in the wrong category making it less visible to those who would normally bid on it. Then the world isn't watching. That's pretty rare though.

IMHO robo bidding only works because of human nature. If we were to bid only the maximum amount that we were willing to spend and not increase it when we saw we were about to lose, then robo bidding wouldn't change anything. Robo bidding works because we don't have self control.

John

[Dave S]

Originally Posted by Phil Nelson

It's not like you're going to sneak past everyone and score a $5000 item for $50 when nobody is watching. On eBay, the world is watching and robo-bidders never sleep.

We've had several very entertaining success stories told at our club by folks who did bid low and then held their breath that nobody else was watching. This usually happens on poorly described, miscategorized items.

--Dave

[miniman82]

I often win car parts that way, though the sellers don't like it when you score something for next to nothing. I'm about to leave NFB for a guy on Ebay next week for non-delivery, matter of fact. He claims his back is broken...