I've Had It With EBay!
Al Wojcik
For at least the fifth (and LAST) time, I've been unable to place a bid
on an item on EBay as the closing time approached! Each bid took
approximately 7 minutes to complete! As my last bid was being placed,
the closing time came and went, while my bid just sat there, trying to
get through.
The seller lost a $30 bid, and now has to accept $22.50, all because
EBay can't process bids! What a waste of time! What's the point of even
trying to place a bid near the closing time!!!! That's like bidding at a
real, live auction, and suddenly having the auctioneer ignore your bids!
I don't know about anyone else, but I'm finished with EBay. It's just
TOO frustrating!
- A. Wojcik
Michigan
jp
Hey, I have to agree with dpr...@ibm.net on this one. Sniping is
okay when it works for you, but is very frustrating when it doesn't....
so, the best bet is to give yourself and e-bay time to process the bid(s)
in advance of the closing hour, bid what you're willing to pay and hope
for the best. Besides, E-bay isn't really like a "live" auction; it's more
of
a "silent" auction where you don't know who's going to win until all the
bids are in and the auction closes (and, then again, the results could
change if a high bidder erroneously type in his/her e-mail address and it
happens to bounce back to the E-bay "bot" - they'll award the auction to
the next highest bidder...) Anyway, sorry to see you leave, E-bay is still
the best of the auction lots out there in terms of exposure and following.
dpr...@ibm.net wrote in article
<33fd1ced...@news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net>...
> Well, you might decide in advance, what you want to pay for an item,
> and bid same. The old "wait till the last minute" routine doesn't
> always work, I've done some great business on Ebay and will continue
> to do so.
>
Michael Dougherty
Al Wojcik wrote:
>
> For at least the fifth (and LAST) time, I've been unable to place a bid
> on an item on EBay as the closing time approached! Each bid took
> approximately 7 minutes to complete! As my last bid was being placed,
> the closing time came and went, while my bid just sat there, trying to
> get through.
>
> The seller lost a $30 bid, and now has to accept $22.50, all because
> EBay can't process bids! What a waste of time! What's the point of even
> trying to place a bid near the closing time!!!! That's like bidding at a
> real, live auction, and suddenly having the auctioneer ignore your bids!
>
> I don't know about anyone else, but I'm finished with EBay. It's just
> TOO frustrating!
>
Well, I'm thrilled with Ebay tonight... I collect pink transferware
with sheep but I haven't been able to find a piece to add to my
collection in _months_. I bid on ten pink Midwinter saucers with a
country scene and figured that at least a farm scene would sort of go
with my sheep (O.K. - I admit I was desperate for more transferware -
the shame, the horror :) I forgot about the transaction, but the box
arrived today and lo and behold - eight of the saucers had a big flock
of sheep on them (great price too). It was a really bad day until those
incognito sheep saucers showed up.
I've always had great luck with Ebay - and I try to bid the very most I
will pay for an item at least one day before the auction closes (I know,
I know, but I always up my price at the last minute - oops, should I
have admitted that? :) Ebay just isn't a 'real live auction' - but I
can understand your frustration...
Lydia P-D (and eight sheep saucers)
LETH'R
Then put a higher bid in earlier as your max bid. I have been dealing with
eBay for about a year now, and have had no problems with bidding. The only
problem I have experienced is not being able to access the auctionweb
several times.
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Al Wojcik <awo...@ibm.net> wrote in article <33FD07...@ibm.net>...
> For at least the fifth (and LAST) time, I've been unable to place a bid
> on an item on EBay as the closing time approached! Each bid took
> approximately 7 minutes to complete! As my last bid was being placed,
> the closing time came and went, while my bid just sat there, trying to
> get through.
>
> The seller lost a $30 bid, and now has to accept $22.50, all because
> EBay can't process bids! What a waste of time! What's the point of even
> trying to place a bid near the closing time!!!! That's like bidding at a
> real, live auction, and suddenly having the auctioneer ignore your bids!
>
> I don't know about anyone else, but I'm finished with EBay. It's just
> TOO frustrating!
>
> - A. Wojcik
> Michigan
>
Les D. Clark
Al Wojcik wrote:
>
> For at least the fifth (and LAST) time, I've been unable to place a
> bid
> on an item on EBay as the closing time approached! Each bid took
> approximately 7 minutes to complete! As my last bid was being placed,
> the closing time came and went, while my bid just sat there, trying to
> get through.
>
> The seller lost a $30 bid, and now has to accept $22.50, all because
> EBay can't process bids! What a waste of time! What's the point of
> even
> trying to place a bid near the closing time!!!! That's like bidding at
> a
> real, live auction, and suddenly having the auctioneer ignore your
> bids!
>
> I don't know about anyone else, but I'm finished with EBay. It's just
> TOO frustrating!
>
> - A. Wojcik
> Michigan
trying to get something at the lowest price possible! Now I simply
decide in advance when I find something I would like to get on a MAXIMUM
I am willing to bid to get it and enter that amount the first time
around and then just let it go. A lot easier on the nerves and often on
the budget as I can not get caught up in "auction frenzy"...
Works for me.
LC