Has anyone noticed... - Collecting Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Thu, Mar 4, 2004 11:44 AM On 2004-03-03 21:29, Tiki Royale wrote: ...that there seems to be a new batch of folks on e-bay who are kickin' down big bucks for tiki? Here's hoping you are right. Seeing my "El Tiki Espanol" hovering around the basic reserve for a couple of days now makes me think: With everybody having a snipe program nowadays, why would a collector bid during the week and drive up prices uneccessarily, why not just do the sniper battle at the last moment, which will happen ANYWAY, taking the chance of loosing, but keeping the price down that way? I think the sniping has taken a lot of fun out of the e-bay process, some people feel like they have no chance and don't bid at all, others don't bid all week and just snipe at the last moment. That's not much of an "auction" anymore.

On 2004-03-03 21:29, Tiki Royale wrote:
...that there seems to be a new batch of folks on e-bay who are kickin' down big bucks for tiki?

Here's hoping you are right. Seeing my "El Tiki Espanol" hovering around the basic reserve for a couple of days now makes me think:

With everybody having a snipe program nowadays, why would a collector bid during the week and drive up prices uneccessarily, why not just do the sniper battle at the last moment, which will happen ANYWAY, taking the chance of loosing, but keeping the price down that way?

I think the sniping has taken a lot of fun out of the e-bay process, some people feel like they have no chance and don't bid at all, others don't bid all week and just snipe at the last moment. That's not much of an "auction" anymore.

Post #79201 by bigbrotiki on Thu, Mar 4, 2004 11:44 AM