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But thus do I counsel you, my friends: distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful!
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Originally posted by spgoode:
Packrat=Ebay noob
I'm not an Ebay n00b. I just didn't think there would be a bidding war on a Honda repair manual, especially since I was the SOLE bidder for 5 days.
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ive had that happen to me a few times. and ive done it myself a few times. you make the winning bidder comfortable in thinking theyve locked it in and they dont bother to check in anymore. at the last minute, you strike  i also see this many times on my own ebay sales. the price will skyrocket within the last few hours. 
Originally posted by Tourgasm:
Sometimes you can mess up a word so bad that spell check doens't know what the hell you're talking about.
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That happened to a friend of mine trying to get a wind tunnel for my school. We were beat by 4 minutes, though.  We're stuck building our own tunnel. I hate snipers.
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Haha that's awesome! Go GM!
YES, SIR!!!
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<---------- Professional Ebay Sniper  It's the ONLY way to go. 
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Is my car for sale? PM me if you're in South FL.
Originally posted by XKontour98:
Haha that's awesome! Go GM!
YES, SIR!!!
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lol 2 hours before wouldn't even be an ebay snipe. You need to have 2 windows open 5 minutes before the auction ends. One window has a bid ready to go (usually what price you would pay above your current bid, or the current bidder). The other window constantly refreshing watching for the change. If someone outbids you, then BAM! haha
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I can't imagine bidding on anything with 5 days left in an auction. If you really want something you have to be there when it gets sold, heck I usually bid on things within the last 10 seconds and I still get outbid quite often. Just the nature of the beast IMHO...
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Originally posted by Kokopellian:
<---------- Professional Ebay Sniper It's the ONLY way to go.
If I remember correctly, my best time is like .4 seconds prior to the end of the bid...WHOOHOOO!!! That was an awesome snipe!
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Exactly, 5 days left = too much time. Wait for atleast a day remaining, see if it got any bites. I love the people that bid like $3 on a $0.99 start auction for an item worth $300. Why waste your time offering the $3..........
Any buying I do is usually a "buy it now" anyways as I'd rather be done with a purchase.
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