An antique cast iron genuine Griswold
store display rack. Just the thing for
holding your collection, but only if
you're a $ERIOU$ collector.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/120954034125

On Sat, 28 Jul 2012 18:24:53 -0800, Mark Thorson
wrote:

An antique cast iron genuine Griswold
store display rack. Just the thing for
holding your collection, but only if
you're a $ERIOU$ collector.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/120954034125


But it only holds 3!!
--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974)

On Jul 30, 12:53*pm, Sqwertz wrote:
On Mon, 30 Jul 2012 12:41:48 -0800, Mark Thorson wrote:
I thought you had to be wrong. *I judged it
from the photo to be maybe four feet high.
I thought pots would hang from the horizontal
bars using S-hooks.

Reading the listing, it's only two feet high
and a foot wide. *You're right, it can only
hold three things.

And yet, with only three and a half hours to go,
bidding is over $1400! *I'm very interested
to see what the final price will be.

Those Griswold collectors are even more
aggressive than I thought.

I don't Ebay, but what's to keep people from bidding $1 higher just
seconds before the end of the bidding? *Does each bid within the last
5 minutes extend the deadline 3-5 minutes?

-sw

You can do that but keep in mind that most serious bidders have a high
bid in that automatically goes in when someone else places a bid.

On Mon, 30 Jul 2012 12:58:16 -0700 (PDT), Chemo
wrote:

On Jul 30, 12:53*pm, Sqwertz wrote:
On Mon, 30 Jul 2012 12:41:48 -0800, Mark Thorson wrote:
I thought you had to be wrong. *I judged it
from the photo to be maybe four feet high.
I thought pots would hang from the horizontal
bars using S-hooks.

Reading the listing, it's only two feet high
and a foot wide. *You're right, it can only
hold three things.

And yet, with only three and a half hours to go,
bidding is over $1400! *I'm very interested
to see what the final price will be.

Those Griswold collectors are even more
aggressive than I thought.

I don't Ebay, but what's to keep people from bidding $1 higher just
seconds before the end of the bidding? *Does each bid within the last
5 minutes extend the deadline 3-5 minutes?

-sw

You can do that but keep in mind that most serious bidders have a high
bid in that automatically goes in when someone else places a bid.

I haven't played in a while, but when I did I used 'sniper' software.
With 20 seconds [or 10?] left, it would place my bid.

If that thing is a real $1400 now- and it looks like it probably is- I
wouldn't be surprised if it went to $3-4k in the last minute of
bidding. [and the final bidder will not be on the current bidders
list] There is only *one* bid that counts in an auction.

Jim

The Cook wrote:

On Sat, 28 Jul 2012 18:24:53 -0800, Mark Thorson
wrote:

An antique cast iron genuine Griswold
store display rack. Just the thing for
holding your collection, but only if
you're a $ERIOU$ collector.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/120954034125

But it only holds 3!!

I thought you had to be wrong. I judged it
from the photo to be maybe four feet high.
I thought pots would hang from the horizontal
bars using S-hooks.

Reading the listing, it's only two feet high
and a foot wide. You're right, it can only
hold three things.

And yet, with only three and a half hours to go,
bidding is over $1400! I'm very interested
to see what the final price will be.

Those Griswold collectors are even more
aggressive than I thought.

sqwishy stumbles through the darkness.

Does each bid within the last
5 minutes extend the deadline 3-5 minutes?

Of course not, dumbass.

On Monday, July 30, 2012 6:46:57 PM UTC-4, George M. Middius wrote:
sqwishy stumbles through the darkness.



Does each bid within the last

5 minutes extend the deadline 3-5 minutes?



Of course not, dumbass.

If he's the dumbass, what do we call you now? Retard?

On 7/30/2012 2:19 PM, Mark Thorson wrote:
Sqwertz wrote:

I don't Ebay, but what's to keep people from bidding $1 higher just
seconds before the end of the bidding? Does each bid within the last
5 minutes extend the deadline 3-5 minutes?

If eBay were like a traditional auction, it would,
but it doesn't. An auction ends precisely when it's
scheduled to end. In this respect, I think eBay
auctions favor buyers over sellers.


You might be right about that. The only strategy that makes any sense to
me is to bid once at the final seconds of the auction. The first thing
you have to do is know what is the highest amount you're willing to pay
and use that figure - do that and you won't face any disappointments.

Sqwertz wrote:

I don't Ebay, but what's to keep people from bidding $1 higher just
seconds before the end of the bidding? Does each bid within the last
5 minutes extend the deadline 3-5 minutes?

If eBay were like a traditional auction, it would,
but it doesn't. An auction ends precisely when it's
scheduled to end. In this respect, I think eBay
auctions favor buyers over sellers.

Jim Elbrecht wrote:

If that thing is a real $1400 now- and it looks like it probably is- I
wouldn't be surprised if it went to $3-4k in the last minute of
bidding. [and the final bidder will not be on the current bidders
list] There is only *one* bid that counts in an auction.

Not an unreasonable guess, but it sold for $2649.96

On 7/30/2012 5:28 PM, dsi1 wrote:
On 7/30/2012 2:19 PM, Mark Thorson wrote:
Sqwertz wrote:

I don't Ebay, but what's to keep people from bidding $1 higher just
seconds before the end of the bidding? Does each bid within the last
5 minutes extend the deadline 3-5 minutes?

If eBay were like a traditional auction, it would,
but it doesn't. An auction ends precisely when it's
scheduled to end. In this respect, I think eBay
auctions favor buyers over sellers.


You might be right about that. The only strategy that makes any sense to
me is to bid once at the final seconds of the auction. The first thing
you have to do is know what is the highest amount you're willing to pay
and use that figure - do that and you won't face any disappointments.


I've never used EBay but there is a computer program that lets you wait
until just seconds before the auction is over and submit a pre-limited
bid just over the current high bid. (I know an electronics geek who
uses it.)

gloria p

On Jul 30, 9:23*pm, gloria p wrote:


I've never used EBay but there is a computer program that lets you wait
until just seconds before the auction is over and submit a pre-limited
bid just over the current high bid. *(I know an electronics geek who
uses it.)

gloria p


E-snipe.

On 7/30/2012 4:23 PM, gloria p wrote:

I've never used EBay but there is a computer program that lets you wait
until just seconds before the auction is over and submit a pre-limited
bid just over the current high bid. (I know an electronics geek who
uses it.)

gloria p

The practice is called "sniping." I've never used one of those programs.
I like to do it the old fashioned way - with a watch and strategic
bidding. It's a pretty exciting sport. My heart is pumping fast at the
last seconds. - if you can imagine that. If I ever found a dead guy with
his computer on eBay with a stopwatch in front of him, it would be
obvious to me what happened to him. :-)

A lot of sellers don't like the practice but the best strategy to
counter this is to set a reserve price.

Sqwertz wrote:

On Mon, 30 Jul 2012 20:23:19 -0600, gloria p wrote:

I've never used EBay but there is a computer program that lets you wait
until just seconds before the auction is over and submit a pre-limited
bid just over the current high bid. (I know an electronics geek who
uses it.)

It look likes the winning bid (by $50) came in 2 seconds before the
second highest winning bid. So apparently that doesn't always work
too well :-)

I've cut it even closer before. Once with zero seconds
as indicated by eBay (who rounds to seconds).

If each consecutive higher bid would extend the auction at least a
minute, these things would be much more competitive (and profitable).

That's how I'd do it if I designed eBay, but since
I always buy I'm not complaining. Not about that, anyway.
(I have many complaints about the way the user interface
keeps getting worse and more broken every time they change
the software.)

Sqwertz wrote:

On Mon, 30 Jul 2012 20:23:19 -0600, gloria p wrote:
-snip-
I've never used EBay but there is a computer program that lets you wait
until just seconds before the auction is over and submit a pre-limited
bid just over the current high bid. (I know an electronics geek who
uses it.)

It look likes the winning bid (by $50) came in 2 seconds before the
second highest winning bid. So apparently that doesn't always work
too well :-)

Since the last 2 bidders were not seen until the final minute- I
suspect that's exactly what they used. No sense in let anyone
know you're willing to pay top dollar too soon.

I didn't win every item when I used a sniper-- but it paid for itself
in the first auction-- and I never got caught up in the moment and
overbid anything.


If each consecutive higher bid would extend the auction at least a
minute, these things would be much more competitive (and profitable).


Since someone tried that method a few years ago and
I can't remember their name, and you've never heard about it-- it
apparently wasn't the best model. [today]

The best thing Ebay has going for it is a huge audience-- suckers are
born a minute apart and there just aren't enough of them.

There is enough stuff that sells above retail to make ebay an option
for smart sellers.

Jim