Thread: Is this ebay for real?

That has become my philosophy on bidding, as well. Besides, Izlat...as Bill said, his was a snipe bid, too. His name didn't even appear until the auction was over. My bid went in 4 seconds after his, so there wasn't time to react anyway. Besides, Bill's already proved his mastery...I'm still working my way up the food chain. I need more practice than he does. lol

If I see a member already bidding, I'll usually lay off. There hasn't been an instance of "I absolutely must have it" to warrant me going at something a member is already bidding on... yet.

If I see something I like, I'll put it in my watch list or setup a snipe. Whenever I setup a snipe I always set it at my max bid, so if someone snipes/outbids me, that just means they were willing to pay more than I was, which, is the whole point of an auction.

I usually don't mind if another SRP member outbids me. At least that way I know it's likely the razor is going to good hands instead of someone else who might treat them like trash.

Originally Posted by izlat

...seems slchughes is Toxic...

My ebay name is toxik235, the reason I'm not in bidders list for that item is because the snipe was lower than auction price when it went to submit the bid.

I never know who I'll be bidding against and they never know I'm there. I make all my bids by sniping and I usually place it when I first find the auction, but the bid doesn't go in until the end. I'll never look at that auction again unless I win, and I don't know your Ebay names anyhow.

I don't have time to fool around. I couldn't possibly bid any other way.

Originally Posted by urleebird

Here's the way I see it. Everyone should bid as if they know no one. If someone really wants a particular razor badly, they could negotiate with the winner to see if they will give it up. If I win something any one of y'all wants, just email me. In almost all cases, I'll give it up. I wouldn't want to piss someone off over a dumb razor. Gary does that too. He goes by skeetshooter. We both buy a lot of razors. Of course, the ones that I win will eventually make it to my site for resale in a state a little more spiffy than when I got it...

Huhh, skeetshooter pi**es me off quite often!

Has this negotiation-option ever been confirmed by Gary or should I just try to contact him next time?