Ebay is weird sometimes...

psychotic_mechanic · Post by **psychotic_mechanic** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 5:01 pm

A few months ago I bought a factory sealed PSone LCD for $30 or so delivered. I saw this on ebay last week and thought it would be a great candidate for a LED mod and would sell for $10-15 shipped. Wrong, it's going for more than my brnd new one!

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 5:10 pm

And it takes over a month to ship to canada!

Dem Dastards >.<

kidw/32+systems · Post by **kidw/32+systems** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 7:11 pm

thats why i almost never buy off ebay

*o* · Post by ***o*** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 7:37 pm

thats why u miss out on all the great bargains

gamer2 · Post by **gamer2** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 7:43 pm

They do have great bargins, except when they say the thing is haunted

sniper_spike · Post by **sniper_spike** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 7:55 pm

Hey, I was bidding for that one

I got outbid by that n00b dbadpenrith.

Lol, when I saw your bid I thought you were trying to hook in bidders to see what sort of competition you had.. I had supected that was just an unserious bid, and you were gonna bid near the end of the auction again according to what kind of respones you got.

I guess I overthough that a bit too much XD

Atleast I made that guy pay a lot more than he had bargained for

MaDnEsS · Post by **MaDnEsS** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 10:03 pm

nothin is wierder than this.

ebay

psychotic_mechanic · Post by **psychotic_mechanic** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 10:08 pm

I use a sniping service, but still consider it "rude" to have my first bid come in 3 seconds before the auction closes. I'll place a bid at first to let everyone know I'm interested, then snipe away.

elliott · Post by **elliott** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 11:09 pm

I do <10 second snipes easily without a service. People consider it rude, but I consider using a service is cheating.

Right now there are a lot of people shopping so it lags a lot for me, I am lucky to get <60 second bid.

Post by **gannon** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 11:16 pm

I've never used a service for sniping, that's cheating

I normally go with 1 or 2 seconds left. I've done a few with less than a second though. Now that I think about it, I've been using ebay for over 10 years now

sniper_spike · Post by **sniper_spike** » Mon Dec 12, 2005 6:02 am

psychotic_mechanic wrote:I use a sniping service, but still consider it "rude" to have my first bid come in 3 seconds before the auction closes. I'll place a bid at first to let everyone know I'm interested, then snipe away.

I never bid untill the end, it just raises the price, and who wants to do that?

Gannon, wow 1 or 2 seconds left? I usualy do 15 or 20 seconds left, I cant risk it. >_<

kidw/32+systems · Post by **kidw/32+systems** » Mon Dec 12, 2005 10:22 am

*o* wrote:thats why u miss out on all the great bargains

but if i got all those bargins my game room would be packed and when my parents would tell me to clean it it would be impossible
plus it is my moms account and her credit card so that right their is a major blocker

i have 80 systems and none off ebay

x24 · Post by **x24** » Mon Dec 12, 2005 11:07 am

elliott wrote:I consider using a service is cheating

Acouple people seem to think this but how is putting a bid on something cheating, even if you use some sort of service. You're shopping, not rigging an election or something. I assume these services take your 'max bid' but dont apply it till the last second, right? your still not going to win if the price goes over ur amount because it wont make the bid for you. Whats the point, other than the fact the current winner doesnt have any idea that the item has a contender till the last minute. If thier bid is still higher it wont matter.

S q u e e ! · Post by **S q u e e !** » Mon Dec 12, 2005 11:15 am

MaDnEsS wrote:nothin is wierder than this.

ebay

Man, that is funny as hell!! I am so buying one of those!!

minkster · Post by **minkster** » Mon Dec 12, 2005 1:07 pm

Never thought people would actually sell food like this