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Old 2nd December 2005, 04:30 PM   #1
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Having inadvertently posted in a closed thread, I hesitatingly re-open the thread, as it was not my intention to 'have the last word.'

If you choose to contine with this thread, please do so in general, non-personal philosophical terms.

I have been sniped and the first time it happened to me at the hands of someone I knew I was pretty upset and I stayed that way for a while. In the end, I have realized that sniping is just part of the whole nasty brute-force-of-money auction world, and a reality that I had to accept if I wanted to participate that growing part of the marketplace.
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Old 2nd December 2005, 07:32 PM   #2
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If you choose to contine with this thread, please do so in general, non-personal philosophical terms.
My finger is on the lock button, gentlemen...
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Old 2nd December 2005, 09:31 PM   #3
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DON'T GET TRIGGER HAPPY ANDREW OFTEN VENTING ONES FRUSTRATIONS IS A GOOD THING
THE GOOD THING HERE IS THAT IT IS NOT INTERFERING WITH A TOPIC UNDER DISCUSSION. I THINK WE ALL UNDERSTAND THE MANIA TO COLLECT AND HATE TO LOSE SOMETHING WE WANTED BADLY IN THE LAST SECOND. THAT IS JUST THE WAY IT WORKS ON EBAY AND AT A ACTUAL AUCTION. THE COMPETICIAN HAS GOTTEN HOTTER AND THERE ARE NEW COLLECTORS WITH CASH IN HAND WANTING IN THE GAME AT ANY PRICE. THEY ARE DRIVEN LIKE WE ARE AND MAY GO ON A SPENDING BINGE WHEN THEY FIRST GET INTERESTED AND START LEARNING. I HAVE A DIFFICULT TIME BECAUSE WHAT I CONSIDER THE REASONABLE PRICE OF A ITEM IS WAY OUT OF DATE AND TO PAY MORE THAN I THINK IT IS WORTH MAKES ME FEEL LIKE A SUCKER AND THERE IS NO ENJOYMENT IN THAT. IF I RUN ACROSS SOMETHING I BID AND AM ON SOMEWHAT OF A BIDDING BENGE AT PRESENT BUT FORTUNATELY THE OTHER BIDDERS ARE SAVING ME FROM MYSELF. IF I WON EVERYTHING I BID ON I WOULD HAVE TO START HIDEING FROM THE BILL COLLECTORS AND TAX MAN SO THANKS GUYS BUT OF COURSE I STILL DON'T LIKE LOSEING
I SURE WOULDN'T THROW AWAY A VALUABLE SOURCE OF INFORMATION OR STOP SHAREING INFORMATION BECAUSE I WAS MAD THAT I LOST SOME ITEMS. THIS FORUM IS WORTH MORE THAN ANY MERE ITEM!
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Old 2nd December 2005, 11:02 PM   #4
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I feel in my own opinion that for me at least sniping gives me a better chance to win( I really don't have a fortune ). I really am a little miser and have to get as far as possible on my minimal funding. Even when sniping I have been outsniped. I take a sort of 'All is fare in love and war' idea to Ebay. But as I have said this is only my humble opinion.

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Old 2nd December 2005, 11:29 PM   #5
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I was rather saddened by the twist of the original thread: it managed to degrade into accusations, venting of frustrations etc.
This should serve as a lesson to all of us: this Forum is for exchange of information about swords. Personal frustrations and scores should be vented and settled outside the Forum, ie through personal messages. There is no need to inflame everybody by airing one's personal laundry in public.
We forget how good we have here: we can say whatever we want (withing the boundaries of customary politeness), enjoy very little censorship and do not have to suffer from personal whims of some neurotic twit with a title of Grang Moderator.
Let's all calm down, take several very deep breaths and come to our senses.
E-bay is a nasty place, and we all got burned on more than one occasion. E-snipe is a sneaky tool and we all got hit by it. Both of them are legal; neither of them will go away and all of us shall continue to use them.
Just let us keep this Forum clean of all extraneous considerations. This is a lovely place to learn, to teach and just to argue. I would hate to see people leave and the Forum wither.
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Old 2nd December 2005, 11:38 PM   #6
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Lol. I didnt know that my usual strategy in ebay since the first day of my membership had a special name as" sniping" and is worth of discussing many pages over . Personally I have never acted in any way else than "sniping" as it is the most logical way to win something and to win at a price level which you will not regret later. Not only because of the ambush soul in it, also because if you bid to your maximum in advance, it will only provacate others to bid more and more over their plannings with the psychology of ambition,causing you to loose the item completely or to buy it much more expensive than you could. That is nothing about blaming, getting hurt or showing "mercy" to a friend who has bidded in advance. He or anybody else simply shouldnt bid so according to my logic.
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Old 2nd December 2005, 11:54 PM   #7
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HI GUYS

I HAVE BEEN SNIPED A COUPLE OF TIMES AND AFTER THE FIRST TIME I THOUGHT I AND THE OTHER FORMITE HAD A MEETING OF THE MINDS BUT THEN I WAS SNIPED AGAIN BY THE SAME FORUM MEMBER. WELL AFTER THAT THE GLOVES CAME OFF. THERE ARE ONLY TWO OR THREE MEMBERS THAT I AM FRIENDS WITH THAT OUT OF COURTESY WE DO NOT BID ONCE WE SEE WHO HAS BID FIRST OR WE EMAIL EACH OTHER TO SEE IF THEY ARE TRULY INTERESTED IN THE ITEM. EVERYONE ELSE IS FAIR GAME ON EBAY. I HEARD THAT THIS SWORD WHICH PERSONALLY DOES NOTHING FOR ME IS SOME TYPE OF RARE STYLE SWORD WHICH ONLY PHILIPPINE MARTIAL ARTS PRACTIONERS WOULD COVET. THE FORMITE THAT WON THE BID MAY NOT HAVE KNOWN IT'S REAL VALUE? SO WHEN HE POSTED IT HE MAY HAVE HAD DONE SO WITH GOOD INTENTIONS AND NOT TO SAY I WON IT AND HEAR IT IS IN YOUR FACE. JUST REMEMBER IT'S ONLY A SWORD WOOD AND METAL AND I'M SURE DOWN THE ROAD THERE WILL BE ANOTHER ONE THAT COMES ALONG. LIFE IS JUST TOO SHORT AND COMPLICATED TO GET SO ANGRY ABOUT LOSING AN ITEM ON EBAY.

REGARDS TO ALL

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Old 3rd December 2005, 12:21 AM   #8
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And be REAL careful with the sniping software !
NEVER mistakenly put a comma where a decimal point should be .

Take it from one who has ........

Addendum :
Yes , I won the sword .
Who's ever going to beat a 150,000 dollar bid .

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Old 3rd December 2005, 02:29 AM   #9
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LOL!
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