eBay: Outrageously Cool Tiki Bar Decor - The Outrigger Canoe of My Dreams: - Collecting Tiki

K Kono Member Orlando Joined: Oct 08, 2003 Posts: 1266	K Kono Posted posted on Fri, Jul 23, 2004 8:27 PM Don't bid anymore until the latest possible moment that you can logistically manage before the end of auction. Here's the bid history: http://offer.ebay.com/ws3/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&item=3737828075 If mexa-tiki and BigBro hadn't bid, the amount would still be sitting at the amount that docbaseball bid at "Jul-21-04 19:16:41 PDT" (until "flange!" came along anyway). It took doc two days to start upping the bid in increments until he was on top again. Don't give him (or anyone) the chance to re-up their bids! Wait as late as you can and bid the MAX amount you can stomach. You'll get the item cheaper that way if you win and if you lose you didn't need to spend that much anyway. This is not unethical! This is sound and wise ebay practice! Also, make sure your account is set to accept second chance offers. Maybe docbaseball is retired baseball player Doc Gooden. He is known to have very expensive bad habits and perhaps he reneges on the deal. The seller then has the option of offering the second highest bidder the item at their highest bid price. I recently lost a nice set of Fijian utensils because I did not have my account set to receive second chance offers. They were relisted and sold for 2.5 times what I bid (the seller emailed me and said she would've sold them to me had I been set up to receive second chance offers). docbaseball, if you're a TC member then good luck to you as well but don't bid again until the last minute! This unsolicited consumer advice comes gratis from me and I hope everyone accepts it in the spirit that it is given. I WANT Sven to win that outrigger! If I were an ebay seller I'd advise to "bid early and bid often" as they are wont to say, as that philosophy by far favors the sellers. As a chronic buyer I tell you to "bid once and bid late!"

Don't bid anymore until the latest possible moment that you can logistically manage before the end of auction.

Here's the bid history:

http://offer.ebay.com/ws3/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&item=3737828075

If mexa-tiki and BigBro hadn't bid, the amount would still be sitting at the amount that docbaseball bid at "Jul-21-04 19:16:41 PDT" (until "flange!" came along anyway). It took doc two days to start upping the bid in increments until he was on top again. Don't give him (or anyone) the chance to re-up their bids! Wait as late as you can and bid the MAX amount you can stomach. You'll get the item cheaper that way if you win and if you lose you didn't need to spend that much anyway. This is not unethical! This is sound and wise ebay practice!

Also, make sure your account is set to accept second chance offers. Maybe docbaseball is retired baseball player Doc Gooden. He is known to have very expensive bad habits and perhaps he reneges on the deal. The seller then has the option of offering the second highest bidder the item at their highest bid price. I recently lost a nice set of Fijian utensils because I did not have my account set to receive second chance offers. They were relisted and sold for 2.5 times what I bid (the seller emailed me and said she would've sold them to me had I been set up to receive second chance offers).

docbaseball, if you're a TC member then good luck to you as well but don't bid again until the last minute!

This unsolicited consumer advice comes gratis from me and I hope everyone accepts it in the spirit that it is given. I WANT Sven to win that outrigger! If I were an ebay seller I'd advise to "bid early and bid often" as they are wont to say, as that philosophy by far favors the sellers. As a chronic buyer I tell you to "bid once and bid late!"

Post #103822 by Kono on Fri, Jul 23, 2004 8:27 PM