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Yes that is correct. Many times I'm outbid when there is only seconds left.
The item has not recieved any bid for days but then at the last few seconds
there can be several bids.
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The item has not recieved any bid for days but then at the last few seconds
there can be several bids.
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THANK YOU for that tip. Seriously. I do the same search and that guy
bugs me too. There are other searches I do where I would like to
exclude certain sellers like the guys that sell those component kits.
One thing you don't always notice is that a lot of auctions get their
bids in the very last seconds, so even though it doesn't look like
some of the sellers like him are selling anything at all, they
actually are. Looks like more and more people are using the automated
bidding services now.
Ebay is a real hoot sometimes. Dunno if you saw this one or not...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3815314978
check out what he says at the very bottom of the auction
Also there were the ghost in a jar people and the haunted rubber
ducky. If you haven't seen those search on "ebay ghost in a jar" on
google to see archives of all of the damn auctions people put up.
Finally here is one last thing that people sell that is really
funny..search on ORGONE and sort by highest price. Nearly as I can
tell, they are selling a box with a bunch of knobs/lights and a couple
tin ashtrays glued to it for $300-400.00...over and over again. It
can't possibly DO anything.
funny stuff.
On Mon, 16 Aug 2004 19:31:27 -0700, "Watson A.Name - \"Watt Sun, the
Dark Remover\"" <NOSPAM@dslextreme.com> wrote:
I regularly get on Ebay and search for 'transistors' and I exclude those
such as 2n3904, 2n3906, 2n4401, 2n4403, 2n2222A, 2n2907 and a few
others. I usually come up with a few hundred listings. I then check
them out to see what's hot, what's not, what's rare, and what's a
bargain. You've probably seen some of the old CK722 collectible
auctions that I've posted to the newsgroups which may go for a hundred
dollars or more.
For quite awhile I've been noticing that a few sellers have trashed up
the transistors listings for months; they sell supposedly 'vintage'
transistors for outrageous prices, and continually relist the same items
over and over, ad nauseum, with never a single bid. This, to me
indicates they're way overpriced and probably not really what the seller
says they are. One seller in particular really bothers me and probably
everyone else. They go by the name Goldenopportunities1, and sell just
a few transistors for a minimum bid of $10, charge $6 shipping for just
a few transistors, do not accept Paypal, and continually re-list the
same items over and over, making it tedious to browse thru all the
listings.
Well, I found that the new Ebay search has a feature that allows you to
exclude sellers. WOW! I put this seller's name in there, and the
listings went from 145 down to 83! This clueless, inconsiderate seller
was taking up a full 43% of the listings! But not any more! He's outta
there! What a Golden Opportunity!
I also notice that this happens on occasion to my test equipment
searches on Ebay, but maybe not to as great an extent. So I hope this
info is helpful to those, too. I've got several ebay searches
bookmarked in their own folder, just so I don't have to redo the
searches every time. On the old ebay, I never could get their favorites
to work right, maybe because I've got the Moz security and privacy
settings clamped down to prevent popups, cookies and such. But with
these searches bookmarked, who cares!
Someday I hope Ebay improves their website even more. My wishlist
includes putting the number of relists in each auction, so a buyer will
instantly know if the auction is a white elephant. And if this doesn't
help cut down on the relistings, I hope they put a limit on free
relistings, so after some number, say 5 relists, it will start to cost
the seller something.
Also I hope they put, in addition to the feedbacks, the ratio of the
number of relists to the number of successful total auctions. Or some
composite of this and other ratings that reveal how much of a bottom
feeding scumbag each seller is.
Hope you're successful bidding.
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