Author Topic: So, there's this new thing called ebay... (Read 5189 times)

Perd Hapley · « **on:** May 01, 2009, 07:36:27 PM »

There's something on ebay I really, really want. There is one bid so far, and the auction closes in four days.

Why not just wait until there are only ten minutes left, then sneak in with a bid? Is there some reason I should place a bid earlier?

Balog · « **Reply #1 on:** May 01, 2009, 07:38:12 PM »

http://www.armedpolitesociety.com/index.php?topic=18963.0

What do you want?

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #2 on:** May 01, 2009, 07:50:41 PM »

Oh. Me stupid. Should have searched.

Quote from: Balog on May 01, 2009, 07:38:12 PM

What do you want?

You mean what am I trying to get on ebay? I almost fell for that.

Balog · « **Reply #3 on:** May 01, 2009, 07:52:27 PM »

Quote from: fistful on May 01, 2009, 07:50:41 PM

Oh. Me stupid. Should have searched.

You mean what am I trying to get on ebay?

Yup and yup. :D

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #4 on:** May 01, 2009, 07:52:58 PM »

Not tellin'. Whaddya got?

Balog · « **Reply #5 on:** May 01, 2009, 07:54:50 PM »

I actually do have a ton of old cammies and field manuals etc from the Corps I've been meaning to sell.

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #6 on:** May 01, 2009, 07:57:12 PM »

I've been meaning to list my Atari 2600, and a book on Muj anti-Soviet tactics, and then I need to put the cat on Craig's list.

MicroBalrog · « **Reply #7 on:** May 01, 2009, 07:58:28 PM »

Fisty, last-moment bidding is a standard Ebay tactic. Some people even write software for this.

freedom lover · « **Reply #8 on:** May 01, 2009, 08:15:55 PM »

Quote from: fistful on May 01, 2009, 07:57:12 PM

I've been meaning to list my Atari 2600, and a book on Muj anti-Soviet tactics, and then I need to put the cat on Craig's list.

That book sounds cool. What's the name? Is it still in print?

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #9 on:** May 01, 2009, 08:30:14 PM »

Not my auction. I'll give you a better deal.

http://cgi.ebay.com/The-Other-Side-of-the-Mountain-Ali-A-Jalali-LW-Grau_W0QQitemZ350190251986QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUS_Nonfiction_Book?hash=item350190251986&_trksid=p3286.m20.l1116

Rudy Kohn · « **Reply #10 on:** May 01, 2009, 10:44:26 PM »

I have failed in my effort to not ask about the Atari.

Does it work ok? How many games?

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #11 on:** May 01, 2009, 10:52:14 PM »

It works fine. Joysticks included. It is actually the 2600 Junior, the smaller, black one; not the big woodgrain type.

Pitfall Harry, Mrs. PacMan, Missile Command, Centipede, Mario Brothers, I think. There are a few more. I will check.

Gewehr98 · « **Reply #12 on:** May 02, 2009, 01:55:59 AM »

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Fisty, last-moment bidding is a standard Ebay tactic. Some people even write software for this.

Holy Cow, is there an echo in here?

http://www.armedpolitesociety.com/index.php?topic=18963.0

And no, Fistful, you never want to broadcast your bidding intentions 4 days out from the end of the auction.

I don't even do so more than 10 seconds prior, and it's usually more like 3-4 seconds.

Lennyjoe · « **Reply #13 on:** May 02, 2009, 07:24:01 AM »

www.esnipe.com

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #14 on:** May 02, 2009, 03:53:42 PM »

Hey, thanks, everybody. I know this was a really odd question, and you guys had to dig pretty hard to find the obscure and difficult answer.

Sorry for my lack of search-ahead-of-time-ness.

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #15 on:** May 03, 2009, 12:40:38 PM »

ebay is on Pacific time. Can I change that in my account, or do I just have to keep adding two hours?

Bogie · « **Reply #16 on:** May 03, 2009, 03:09:05 PM »

This may sound a little contrarian, but on some medium ticket items, when the bidding starts low, I've found that putting in my maximum bid, and letting the automatic feature take over, will occasionally result in a very pleasant surprise. People veg out when they automatically get outbid, and stop...

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #17 on:** May 03, 2009, 05:15:49 PM »

Just sniped a five-dollar CPU. Bid about one minute out. Course it's easier when no one else is bidding.

That thing that I really, really wanted is still out there, though.

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #18 on:** May 06, 2009, 12:50:38 AM »

OK, sniped it.

Balog, it's a computer. Much newer than anything I've got now. And it's local, so the only shipping is a few miles worth of gas in the old Toyota.

Balog · « **Reply #19 on:** May 06, 2009, 01:10:43 AM »

Nice! Glad you won it. :)

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #20 on:** May 06, 2009, 01:47:42 AM »

On Ebay auctions I'm 3 for 3; waited until the last minute on each one.

Well, except for the first one, where I bid early, and then bid again, very late. I won that one, but the seller had to return my money. Said they had made a mistake, and didn't actually have what they had advertised.

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #21 on:** May 06, 2009, 02:13:41 AM »

Oh crap. I've got this little paper due tomorrow, and it's 1.10 am. Been trying to write something the past two nights, but I just keep thinking about that bloody computer.

Starting a little vacation on Thursday, though! (So I can obsess over the new computer while I'm supposed to be writing a thousand words for my Constitutional History "final.")

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #22 on:** September 04, 2009, 03:37:36 PM »

Gewehr would be so proud of me. I waited until five (really four) seconds out this time. Snagged another used computer for about 35 dollars. This one is a Compaq dc7100, with the Pentium 4 HT (3 GHz), 2GB of DDR (dual channel), and that oh-so-rare commodity in an older machine - front-mounted ports for my flash drives!

They said it had no hard drive, but when I went to pick it up, I found that it had one. A SATA hard drive. An 80 GB hard drive, which is pretty huge for my needs.

AZRedhawk44 · « **Reply #23 on:** September 04, 2009, 03:40:52 PM »

Sweet. 'grats, fisty.

How many pooters do you need, though? Whatchya doin' with them?

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #24 on:** September 04, 2009, 03:46:58 PM »

I like having two, just so I'll have a fall-back in case I mess up the primary machine. Otherwise, I'd be afraid to try anything; so I'd never learn anything new.

This newest purchase is supposed to replace my old stand-by Dell GX240, so the wife can use it. She likes to watch you tubes, but her previous computer was a little slow in that department.

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