sprchik Posted January 15, 2018 Report Share Posted January 15, 2018 ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ Ok I don't really quit. ☹ But it's so depressing, it really makes me feel like it. With 2 seconds left by the time it notified me, there was nothing I could do. Hope you enjoy it... (I sure would have...ðŸ˜)  Enjoy the screenshot progression of the last minute of the auction:       The rest of the box:  Whhhhyyyyy.... ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ what a world, what a world... *melting Witch of the West voice*.... ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ 2 seconds!!! It hurts so bad ☹☹😢😢 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sprchik Posted January 15, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2018  And if it was anyone here, I promise I don't hate you 😂😂😂 even though I'm sure it sounds like I do! 😂😂😂 It's a sniper's world, good on ya. "You win this round..." LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sprchik Posted January 15, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2018 Someone please remind me that I'm more of a swirl person anyway! LOL! 😂 And that's still $300-something in the bank! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg11 Posted January 15, 2018 Report Share Posted January 15, 2018 What marble do you really want, focus on that instead of impulse buys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatmacscott Posted January 15, 2018 Report Share Posted January 15, 2018 I was the same way. I would try to get things as cheap as I could then try to snipe the snipers. I have given up on doing that. I concentrate on just a few things and when I do bid, it is the amount I am willing to pay at the most. Let the snipers have their shot. it has probably cost me some money because I have been sniped up to a dollar on some items which I believe is the seller jacking the price to get more money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slagmarble Posted January 15, 2018 Report Share Posted January 15, 2018 Put in your max bid with a buffer and then you won't have to worry about a snipe because you've already offered what you expect to spend. Unless things have changed it costs money to use a third party service and while not against any rules it's somewhat against the spirit of an auction not leaving the other parties enough time to counter. It's also the nature of the system like ebay and something you'll have to get used to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg11 Posted January 15, 2018 Report Share Posted January 15, 2018 wouldn't you rather have this for a buy it now, 300 ?  at least you know its all original. Seller is trustworthy  https://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-Akro-Agate-Marble-100-CT-No-0-Glassies-Box-of-Marbles/222796569608?hash=item33dfb5dc08:g:egoAAOSwZ3BaW~0V          Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Oregon Posted January 15, 2018 Report Share Posted January 15, 2018 If you bid your max ahead of time, as someone mentioned, then you should have no regrets if it goes for more. I don't run across very many bags on eBay anymore for my collection but when I was buying regularly, I used eSnipe and it was pretty reasonable fee-wise. If you don't win, it doesn't cost you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted January 16, 2018 Report Share Posted January 16, 2018 The snipe bid did not beat you. He had a higher bid. I have used a sniping program from the time I heard about them.. It is no different, The high bid wins. I can not count on both hands the amount of times I have lost to a bid the same as mine because they were first or had a slightly higher bid(below the next increment). Now that will get you cussing for a minute. Like this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvrons Posted January 16, 2018 Report Share Posted January 16, 2018 I agree the high bid wins not matter when placed. The buyer may have had a bid of $500.00 on this box ? You never know what the buyers actual true bid was. Someone has to increase the bid for it to reach the maximum that someone has placed. I also have used a snipe for many long years and with no problems. It is nice when I cannot have use or time to be on the internet. Plus I do not have to worry about forgetting to bid. Plus I am not running the bid up early on. I don't get into the auction game of going over what I intended to pay for it. Also some ebay buyers watched for what I was bidding on. Then they would outbid me. If you know or keep track of certain peoples feedback numbers you can still know who is bidding. I received two emails in the last month where people mentioned they seen me bidding on something. I will sometimes place a start bid, not by my snipe. Some sellers cancel a listing if no bids in the first few days.  I pay a yearly snipe fee with unlimited number of bids and the small cost is worth it for me. I have had trouble placing bids sometimes on ebay. My electric is off, my computer was down, ebay was doing maintence, etc. But my snipe has made it 99% of the time for many years. Just find what works best for you and you are going to lose sometimes. Many times there will be another one , maybe next week, next year or years. But if you search long and hard enough most can be found. There are a few only one but those are few.  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bumblebee Posted January 16, 2018 Report Share Posted January 16, 2018 I use a sniping site partly because I like to put "tentative" bids on things in that site's interface, which I cannot do on eBay. Then as the auction end approaches I'll go back to my snipe interface and decide whether I really want to bid at all, or bid less or more. Quite often I change my mind and retract my potential bid entirely. Then when I'm satisfied, I can forget about it. For the casual buyer like me who rarely *really* wants something, it's fun to do it this way because quite often I am outbid, but sometimes I'm pleasantly surprised. The Ebay interface is too cluttered for me these days and I too have had problems doing last minute bids from desktop or mobile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sprchik Posted January 16, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2018 This is the first time I have even heard of a third party bidding site, didn't even know they existed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted January 18, 2018 Report Share Posted January 18, 2018 When I skim through ebay marble auctions I automatically stop at any with bids. this is the main reason I snipe  No sense giving away a good auction. I was even worse when bidders IDs were used, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg11 Posted January 18, 2018 Report Share Posted January 18, 2018 eBay was more fun back when we could watch everyone’s bids and see who won Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I'llhavethat1 Posted January 18, 2018 Report Share Posted January 18, 2018 lol, yeah I remember those days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Oregon Posted January 19, 2018 Report Share Posted January 19, 2018 I remember marblealan and myself (and others) would message the buyers on fake marble bags to let them know and refer them to sites that talked about fake and fantasy marble bags. Then eBay realized they were losing business.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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