[meteorite-list] Meteoritic Misadventure

From: Rosemary Hackney <ltcrose_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:08:31 2004
Message-ID: <001101c2644d$aa58c940$6c944cd8_at_default>

LOL... I did that once on a piece from Finland. I put my bid and Pekka
outbid me throughout the week. So I put a 209.99 figure thinking the proxy
would take care of it and I would not have to log on. At the end of the
auction Pekka had bid his heart out and ran me up to the 209 mark before
time ran out and he lost. And er.. well...( 50.00) was probably the going
price. The seller took pity and double the amount he sent..lol...
So maybe this is why you do not put the proxy all the way to the limit...
Sometimes you get caught. :-)

Rosie
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Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 9:40 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteoritic Misadventure


> Sorry to hear about your misadventures....I've had similar experiences
> (connection lost, "fat-fingering" logon/password, etc.)...so this brings
up
> an interesting (at least IMHO) question......
>
> Every time I lose an item to this type of occurrence, I ask myself "why" I
> was so foolish to do it. If I'm prepared to pay $x for an item, why do I
> insist on trying to snipe it at the very end of the auction? Granted, I
> usually never bid until the last few minutes before the end, but it's
mainly
> because I don't want to call attention to the item. I use the same method
at
> live auctions for another hobby of mine....let the other bidders fight it
> out, and then if it's still within my predetermined price range, I'll jump
in
> once most of the others have dropped out....if it's over my limit, I just
let
> it go.
>
> So back to the question.....Again, if I'm prepared to pay a maximum of
> say...$100 for a meteorite, why not just bid the $100 up front. If
somebody
> wants to top me, fine...it's over my limit, and unless I succumb to
"auction
> fever" and bid again, it goes to someone who apparently values it more
than
> I.
>
> But, if the underbidder maxed out at $75, it would be mine at the next
> increment over their bid, I'm still well below my limit, and I have some
room
> left to combat any other snipers that may be out there. So why bother to
> risk losing it by trying to snipe it? Personally, I've lost more sniping
> battles than I've won. So why do I keep doing it? Do we get some
additional
> sense of satisfaction/accomplishment by thinking that we "stole" it from
the
> next bidder? (Michael B., isn't this up your professional alley?)
>
> Oh well....gotta go...there's an auction about to end and I have
> to........................................
>
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Received on Wed 25 Sep 2002 12:40:23 AM PDT