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t_y Pillar of the Community Canada 632 Posts	Posted 09/07/2012 12:39 pm item reported Report this Post to the Staff
kuh_85 Pillar of the Community Canada 2366 Posts	Posted 09/07/2012 12:50 pm @tfred - If I'm bidding on a valuable item then by viewing the bidding history I can make some educated guesses about who else is bidding, how serious they'll be, what their bidding strategy is etc. Particularly if I'm bidding against the same set of people on different items then I can get a feel for who will snipe and how high they'll go etc. If it's a private listing then I can't do that and might have to bid more aggressively which would put more money in the seller's pocket. Speculation on my part. As a general rule I prefer to avoid bidding on items that are listed this way as, in my opinion, they benefit the seller at the buyer's expense. Report this Post to the Staff
t_y Pillar of the Community Canada 632 Posts	Posted 09/07/2012 1:28 pm Because ebay 'protects' the identity of the bidders (in reality protecting the sellers) checking feedback is a data-mining exercise. Sometimes I have the patience of doing it but most of the time, I don't. So, I use a very simple strategy: 1. I determine how badly I want the coin (or the other useless things I like to buy) 2. I set a top price that I want to pay 3. I set my snipe tool One has to have some will power not to go back and readjust the snipping up and up. Report this Post to the Staff
Earle42 Bedrock of the Community United States 10038 Posts	Posted 09/07/2012 3:13 pm OOOOoooooh SHINY! Yet, let's face it. If this seller keeps making money off of this, and he cares nothing about the coins for their historic/numismatic value, since he is outright saying they are cleaned, he is not breaking any rules. He is just taking advantage of people. How much squash could a Sasquatch squash if a Sasquatch would squash squash? Download and read: Grading the graders Costly TPG ineptitude and No FG Kennedy halves https://ln5.sync.com/dl/7ca91bdd0/w...i3b-rbj9fir2 Report this Post to the Staff
dialog_gvf Pillar of the Community Canada 1581 Posts	Posted 09/07/2012 4:50 pm US $48.95! Oh man, PT was right. Report this Post to the Staff
dialog_gvf Pillar of the Community Canada 1581 Posts	Posted 09/07/2012 4:52 pm I sure hope this doesn't lead to a lot of coin spoiling me-too auctions. Report this Post to the Staff
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