I no longer monitor auctions in real time just for just that reason.
If memory serves, my membership with eekbay coincides with warnings
from my doc about heart problems.
Well, that and I got tired of my wife complaining about having to wash
soiled underdrawers.
I let the sniper handle it and wait for an email reporting the results.
ScottGee1
On 8/24/06, AG Schnozz <agschnozz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > The thing about eekbay is that a lot of auctions really occur
> > in the
> > minute just before they close. The snipers converge and final
> > price escalates very rapidly.
>
> I had a bit of a scare just last night. I was bidding on a
> lighting controller board that had just one other bid on it. I
> placed a $60 bid on the thing and it held right up to the last
> second. Since I absolutely had to get this item, I put my
> maximum bid up way over $300--which was actually still under the
> fair price for it. I'm monitoring it, the auction closes, and
> it disappears. It took almost two minutes for oboy to indicate
> that I had won the bid. For $60. In the meantime, I'm kicking
> myself because I should have put my maximum up hundreds higher.
>
> Life's too short for this kind of stress. I'll probably still
> charge my customer $500 for the thing, though. :)
>
> AG
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