This is cheap isnt it?

[JJW]

I may be wrong but dont these usually go for more?

[url="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/710-53481-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=2&pub=5575090229&toolid=10001&campid=5337531593&customid=&icep_item=221851027478&ipn=psmain&icep_vectorid=229508&kwid=902099&mtid=824&kw=lg"]http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/710-53481-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=2&pub=5575090229&toolid=10001&campid=5337531593&customid=&icep_item=221851027478&ipn=psmain&icep_vectorid=229508&kwid=902099&mtid=824&kw=lg[/url]

[discreet]

It probably will go for more - it's an auction, not a Buy-It-Now.

[tommorichards]

Its a rockbass version, thats why

[JJW]

I know its an auction but it would usually have at least one bid by now.

[Grangur]

He'd have done better if he'd started at 99p. That way it grabs folks attention.

I'd guess it would probably sell for about £200

[Hobbayne]

These sort of things are really down to personal taste. Where as a P Bass or similar would gain a bit more interest.

[BigRedX]

[quote name='JJW' timestamp='1440200480' post='2849128']
I know its an auction but it would usually have at least one bid by now.
[/quote]

Only a fool bids before the last 15 seconds of an eBay auction.

[JJW]

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1440240004' post='2849263']
Only a fool bids before the last 15 seconds of an eBay auction.
[/quote]

I know, but there are plenty of fools around.

[MacDaddy]

[quote name='Grangur' timestamp='1440219030' post='2849155']
He'd have done better if he'd started at 99p. That way it grabs folks attention.

I'd guess it would probably sell for about £200
[/quote]
Close!

[timmo]

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1440240004' post='2849263']
Only a fool bids before the last 15 seconds of an eBay auction.
[/quote]I occassionaly put in an early bid, but i am a fool

[karlfer]

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1440240004' post='2849263']


Only a fool bids before the last 15 seconds of an eBay auction.
[/quote]

Glad I'm a fool. Yet another blinding opinionated statement.

Some folk bid earlier on. Put in their max bid, they get it or they don't.

[tauzero]

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1440240004' post='2849263']
Only a fool bids before the last 15 seconds of an eBay auction.
[/quote]

There can be a tactical reason for it. If there's a BIN on an item and you're not sure whether you want to go for it or not but want to keep your options open, putting in a bid removes the BIN (meaning someone else can't buy it while you're prevaricating) and means the auction has to go to the end. Something of a gamble though.

[BigRedX]

[quote name='karlfer' timestamp='1441307332' post='2857846']
Glad I'm a fool. Yet another blinding opinionated statement.

Some folk bid earlier on. Put in their max bid, they get it or they don't.
[/quote]

You might still win it if you bid early but the chances are that you will pay more than if you only bid in the closing seconds.

If you've ever sold anything on eBay that has attracted a lot of bids, and then looked at the bidding history, you'll find that many of the bids will have a come from only one or two individuals. Either they will put a lot of bids on until they have the highest bid, or they will come back a couple of days later when their original amount has been outbid and put another one on.

OK so these people don't know how to work eBay, but they are the fools who will end up making you pay more for an item if you bid early. A last minute bid at your maximum price doesn't give them a chance to get another bid in that will have no effect other than to increase the price you have to pay with your already winning bid.

[BigRedX]

[quote name='tauzero' timestamp='1441350119' post='2858080']
There can be a tactical reason for it. If there's a BIN on an item and you're not sure whether you want to go for it or not but want to keep your options open, putting in a bid removes the BIN (meaning someone else can't buy it while you're prevaricating) and means the auction has to go to the end. Something of a gamble though.
[/quote]

With an item that has a BIN, that's a smart strategy. But my initial bid will be for the starting price, simply to remove the BIN and declare an interest. My real bid will be made in the closing seconds of the auction.

[tauzero]

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1441353126' post='2858117']
With an item that has a BIN, that's a smart strategy. But my initial bid will be for the starting price, simply to remove the BIN and declare an interest. My real bid will be made in the closing seconds of the auction.
[/quote]

Yes, agreed. Especially as the really unscrupulous seller could shill up an early bid to find out where it maxes out, and then retract the bid which takes it over the bidder's maximum.

[rogerstodge]

[quote name='karlfer' timestamp='1441307332' post='2857846']


Glad I'm a fool. Yet another blinding opinionated statement.

Some folk bid earlier on. Put in their max bid, they get it or they don't.
[/quote]exactly what i do,
Yours sincerely,
Fool

[alyctes]

[quote name='tauzero' timestamp='1441362144' post='2858233']
Yes, agreed. Especially as the really unscrupulous seller could shill up an early bid to find out where it maxes out, and then retract the bid which takes it over the bidder's maximum.
[/quote]

I didn't think a bid could be retracted?

[tauzero]

[quote name='alyctes' timestamp='1441560629' post='2859839']
I didn't think a bid could be retracted?
[/quote]

[url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/gds/How-When-Why-To-Retract-a-Bid-Dont-Ask-the-Seller-/10000000001673381/g.html"]http://www.ebay.co.u...01673381/g.html[/url]

I think it used to be simpler but it looks as if it's now been tightened up sufficiently to mean it would make it more difficult to do this - at least more than once with the same user ID.

Edited September 7, 2015 by tauzero

[alyctes]

[quote name='tauzero' timestamp='1441612972' post='2860140']
[url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/gds/How-When-Why-To-Retract-a-Bid-Dont-Ask-the-Seller-/10000000001673381/g.html"]http://www.ebay.co.u...01673381/g.html[/url]

I think it used to be simpler but it looks as if it's now been tightened up sufficiently to mean it would make it more difficult to do this - at least more than once with the same user ID.
[/quote]

Thank you. I learn a new thing every day

(I am interested partly because I'm sure I got shilled once - maybe twice )