I'm gonna cry !! boo hoo

Eric Rose · Mar 26, 2005

Forgot to bid in a Tech IV and it went for $771! Crap!!!!!

Nick Zentena · Mar 26, 2005

Likely had holes in the bellows-)

Daniel Grenier · Mar 26, 2005

If you "forgot", Eric, you don't need it.

Dave Parker · Mar 26, 2005

Eric Rose said:
Forgot to bid in a Tech IV and it went for $771! Crap!!!!!

Whenever I forget to bid, I figure its God's way of telling me, I don't Need it! lol

Dave

Eric Rose · Mar 27, 2005

You know Dave your probably right. But it still hurts! I've done quite well with my trusty Toko woodie.

jp80874 · Mar 27, 2005

Eric,

Much as sniping and esnipe.com get bad press, it is the way I deal with the problem
of having other things going on in my life and forgetting to bid. Make your top bid when you think of it and let them remember. That is worth 1% to me. If you get
outbid you made the best decision on what you knew or could afford. You didnt
simply forget to bid.

May all your winning bids be the best deal ever.

John Powers

rbarker · Mar 27, 2005

On the bright side, Eric, had you remembered the auction, you might have been tempted to get into a bidding war with the seller's proxy, and ended up paying much more than you wanted. (Not that I've ever done that, of course! )

garryl · Mar 27, 2005

I think Aggie should bid on this one--

7502346371

Isn't she cute?

KenM · Mar 27, 2005

No worries Eric, you want at least a Tech V....

GreyWolf · Mar 27, 2005

Eric Rose said:
Forgot to bid in a Tech IV and it went for $771! Crap!!!!!

Hey Eric,

Should you not be saving your "coin" for the big upcoming event in your life?

Cheers,

Campy · Mar 28, 2005

No need to cry. Thinking you could have gotten it for a dollar more than the winning bidder's price is a common mistake. Because of e bay's proxy bidding system you have no way of knowing what the purchaser's high bid really was. For all you know his proxy bid may have been much higher than what he ended up buying it for and to have won the item you needed to exceed his proxy bid, not his winning bid. But to avoid this in the future, and to win more auctions, sign up for one of the sniping services.

Campy · Mar 28, 2005

No need to cry. Because of e bay's proxy bidding system you have no way of knowing what it really would have taken to win the item. For all you know the winning bidder submitted a proxy bid much higher than what he ended up actually paying and to win the item you have to have exceeded his proxy bid, not his actual winning bid. But to avoid forgetting in the future, and to win more auctions, sign up for one of the sniping services. And finally, as someone else said, you didn't want a Tech IV anyhow. The front rise mechanism is at the back rear of the camera and is difficult to operate with wide angle lenses. Pay a few hundred dollars more and get a Tech V which has the front rise mechanism where it should be, i.e. at the front of the camera.

Campy · Mar 28, 2005

Sorry for the double posts, I'm still trying to figure out how this forum works.

carsten · Mar 30, 2005

...sign up for one of the sniping services...

what does it mean?

Steve Hamley · Mar 30, 2005

carsten said:
...sign up for one of the sniping services...

what does it mean?

http://www.esnipe.com/

Steve

carsten · Mar 31, 2005

Thanks.

I'm gonna cry !! boo hoo

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