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Come Inside... => The Snug => Topic started by: Nick on April 22, 2008, 10:20:08 AM
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I am bidding for something on ebay for the first time. My initial bid was £5 but the bidding now stands at £97. The bidding closes at 3.26 today.
I assume that at 3.25 and 30 seconds I should trump the highest bid, but is everyone likely to be lurking there at the last minute to do the same?
Advice welcome
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They will be lurking. Some of the bastards even have software that bids for them at the last moment.
Do not go there Nicholas. Ebay is evil. confused:
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I am under orders. Define "last minute" rubschin:
I don't need software if I can do it by hand!
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I am under orders. Define "last minute" rubschin:
I don't need software if I can do it by hand!
The software they have is faster than your hand. You are doomed. noooo:
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Bye bye saxophone then! noooo:
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If it is something you can buy in the shops it will probably be cheaper elsewhere.
Of course if it is an item of memorabilia, such as Heather McCartney's Ronseal brush, you will have to try and bid in the last few seconds.
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I am under orders. Define "last minute" rubschin:
Seconds. Such as this : http://www.auctionsniper.com/
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Place a high bid that you are prepared to pay NOW! Your high bid will not be shown but everytime someone else bids yours will increase by enough to cap theirs until your upper limit is reached. You will then be given a final chance to up your best offer. Resist the temptation. Easy when you know how. ;)
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I am under orders. Define "last minute" rubschin:
Seconds. Such as this : http://www.auctionsniper.com/
Dashed cunning!
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Place a high bid that you are prepered to pay NOW! Your high bid will not be shown but everytime someone else bids yours will increase by enough to cap their until your upper limit is reached. You will then be given a final chance to up your best offer. Resist the temptation. Easy when you know how. ;)
May try that later. Thanks.Trouble is the auction closes bang in the middle of the school run!
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Then the best plan is just to put in the highest you are prepared to pay and leave it at that.
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I always put an odd pence on the end of my highest bid. Often that is enough to swing it my way at "the death".
E.G.£150.79 .... then leave things to happen. If it is your highest bid do not get tempted into a last minute rush.
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I am not paying more than 130.
Will let you know how I get on!
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Don't forget, if you are working to a budget, that postage etc is down to you the buyer and will be charged over and above the final price.
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Yup. POstage is £15.
Seller is a neighbour of Berek's scared2:
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So if your max is 130 then I would put in 129.96 the odd pence at the end tends to confuse people.
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Normal people or you?
Why does it confuse them?
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Couldn't B nip round and "nick" it for you?
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Normal people or you?
Why does it confuse them?
The times I put odd pence in tend to be more successful. For instance if someones max is £30 and you put in £30.02 then their highest bid is out bid by a measily 2p.
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I see.
I think! rubschin:
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I see.
I think
. . . therefore I am?
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Darwin's classical education comes to our aid again.
More like, "I think, therefore I go bonkers" evil:
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If I don't think ~ does that mean I am not?
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If I don't think ~ does that mean I am not?
'Fraid so. . .
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If its something I really want the best strategy I've found is to wait till the auction is almost over and then open 2 brower windows. Set one to the auction itself and set the other one up as if you are bidding to the maximum you are prepared to bid but dont hit confirm till you have about 10 seconds left on the clock.
Bidding you maximum early on can drive the price up as people will see if you are prepared to bid less than you oeverall.
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Will try that.Ta
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I am under orders. Define "last minute" rubschin:
Seconds. Such as this : http://www.auctionsniper.com/
Dashed cunning!
Not as cunning as me. While you lot were banging on about saxaphones and that den of ciminals that is Ebay I have hacked the Virtual-Pub and have my own control panel. So watch it right. eyes:
(https://www.virtual-pub.com/SMF/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.postimage.org%2FaV2VkB3J.jpg&hash=62833ee45a88358076cf4c37ae983494da83d46c) (http://www.postimage.org/image.php?v=aV2VkB3J)
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Wenchy! You lock the cellar door and I'll turn the chiller up. We'll soon stop his little game. evil:
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One important piece of advice Nick, before you confirm the bid make sure you have entered the right amount or you can end up massively out of pocket like this idiot:
Average price for an exec is around the £150 - £250 mark.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/02-XDA-Exec-1_W0QQitemZ220224406408QQcmdZViewItem (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/02-XDA-Exec-1_W0QQitemZ220224406408QQcmdZViewItem)
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Ta. I have set that cunning snipe software stuff to my max bid! We shall see!
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If you dont get that saxophone its also worth trying different ways of spelling it, wrongly spelt auctions can save you a fortune as they aren't picket up by the search engine as often.
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What would a sexophone get me then? eeek:
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A Saxaphone from Surrey I should think. ;)
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That would be a disappointment noooo:
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I googled for an Image using Sexaphone and the first one up was ....................
(https://www.virtual-pub.com/SMF/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.portraitworkshop.com%2Fimages_caricatures_portraits%2Fcaricatures_in_ink_with_theme_1%2Fcaricature_Bill_Clinton_with_sexaphone.jpg&hash=8e515a32ad3b3ed919d930038a7c0721abecebae)
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I am presently winning at 117!
Not for =sex on the phone though noooo:
Or anywhere else for that matter Banghead
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A Saxaphone from Surrey I should think. ;)
Don't f(uk with the Surrey massive, hound. We'll beat yo ass eveilgrin:
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noooo: Tsk!
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That would be
"Evening dorgy. We are the Surray massive. We shall smack your bottom"
Happy to help spider:
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That would be
"Evening dorgy. We are the Surray massive. We shall smack your bottom"
Happy to help spider:
Thank you for your valued input - the hound is toothless and you are roofless 8)
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That would be
"Evening dorgy. We are the Surray massive. We shall smack your bottom"
Happy to help spider:
Thank you for your valued input - the hound is toothless and you are roofless 8)
drumroll:
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That would be
"Evening dorgy. We are the Surray massive. We shall smack your bottom"
Happy to help spider:
Thank you for your valued input - the hound is toothless and you are roofless 8)
Currently, yes. evil:
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That would be
"Evening dorgy. We are the Surray massive. We shall smack your bottom"
Happy to help spider:
Thank you for your valued input - the hound is toothless and you are roofless 8)
Currently, yes. evil:
It's very sunny and warm here in Sutton. I may leave the office early and enjoy a few Young's in the pub garden...
Let me know if the noise from the roof drives you to homicidal tendencies, won't you Nick?! I'll pick it up via the BlackBerry. Whilst drinking. In the sun. lol:
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He already left ~ school run. Then it'll be piano practice or swimming or some other activity that involves parting with mega money and driving half way round the county. I shall be doing that myself later. Minor is nursing his junior lemsip but Minimus is still to be collect from Afterschool Club at 4.30 and THW to be taken to Badminton Club for 5. Then there is dinner to prep and cook before collecting THW from BC and ushering wife in from her labours at 7 and 7.30 respectively. A hound doesn't get a minute to himself on a Tuesday afternoon.
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That would be
"Evening dorgy. We are the Surray massive. We shall smack your bottom"
Happy to help spider:
Thank you for your valued input - the hound is toothless and you are roofless 8)
Keep pushing Nick like that and he'll come to visit...... eeek:
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He already left ~ school run. Then it'll be piano practice or swimming or some other activity that involves parting with mega money and driving half way round the county. I shall be doing that myself later. Minor is nursing his junior lemsip but Minimus is still to be collect from Afterschool Club at 4.30 and THW to be taken to Badminton Club for 5. Then there is dinner to prep and cook before collecting THW from BC and ushering wife in from her labours at 7 and 7.30 respectively. A hound doesn't get a minute to himself on a Tuesday afternoon.
I have finished after today till Monday and shall be doing feck all. cloud9:
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cussing:
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I've had a busy day but now I've fed the animals, got tghe washing in, walked the dog and my time is my own...
Just nursing my first cold beer... cloud9:
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That would be
"Evening dorgy. We are the Surray massive. We shall smack your bottom"
Happy to help spider:
Thank you for your valued input - the hound is toothless and you are roofless 8)
Keep pushing Nick like that and he'll come to visit...... eeek:
I wouldn't mind that at all!
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You want to be bathed in Nick-o-rays? scared2:
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I am drinking beer in the sun :-)
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Change of plan ~ see earlier schedule. SWMBO has arrived home 3 hours early eeek:
She was not very happy to find the lane to the back gate blocked by some idiot so she has had to pull up in the lane before reaching our back gates. I have suggested that she take the THW to Badminton Club and picks up Minimus en route as I cannot get my car out with hers parked in the middle of the lane ~ She has gone!
Now all I have to do is peel some spuds or shall we have oven chips? rubschin:
Am I really that lazy? whistle:
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I have a sexophone.
I think!
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Well done you
or
Hard luck
Whichever confused:
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If you don't get that saxophone its also worth trying different ways of spelling it, wrongly spelt auctions can save you a fortune as they aren't picket up by the search engine as often.
For future use, go to www.fatfingers.co.uk for incorrectly spelt items. (I was going to put misspelt but if I spelt it wrong Darwin would take the piss)
Putting in "saxaphone" found fifteen additional items
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Misspelling works both ways, Nick will shortly take delivery of several sacks of foam.
Still, he could use it for loft insulation. whistle:
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Misspelling works both ways, Nick will shortly take delivery of several sacks of foam.
Still, he could use it for loft insulation. whistle:
<snigger>
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Misspelling works both ways, Nick will shortly take delivery of several sacks of foam.
Still, he could use it for loft insulation. whistle:
lol: lol: lol:
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OK. Boy is 10 next week and we are back on ebay for a pressie. 6 hours to go and no bids placed. SHould we bid now or hang on till the last minute?
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No harm in placing your maximum bid now. Only you and Ebay will know how much that is and your bid will be increased automatically in units of £1 (usually) so as to keep you at the top, as others join the bidding, until they reach the limit you have set. Ebay will then tell you that you must either increase your upper limit or drop out.
Don't forget to tick the "Watch this item" box.
What are you bidding for? Mine, who will be ten in August, wants a Cornet (plus lessons of course)
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Organ!
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Another One!!! eeek:
You should move to Wales boyo ~ then we could call you Organ Morgan ~ and I could introduce you to Rosie Probert ;D
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We have a harmonium. This more electronic!
And my Hay Fever is awful today evil:
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sad24:
Bless you! ~ Touch wood I am not a sufferer ~ although Mrs S#2 and Minimus both wheeze and sneeze a lot.
Ah the postman cometh ~ must go and see if he has brought anything exciting (cheques and stuff) or if it's just bills.
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Nasty thingy. One pill clears it, but WHY?
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Overreaction of your immune system is the medical reason according to their doctor.
And the Postie had nothing for me ~ package for the THW, savings bank statement for Minor, Bld Soc statement for Mrs S#2 and self, letter for Mrs S#2 ~ p'raps nobody loves me anymore sad24:
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No bills though surrender:
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For hayfever take one teaspoon of local honey per day. It is miraculous!
I have the day off tomorrow as I am having a charity shop purchase delivered.
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For hayfever take one teaspoon of local honey per day. It is miraculous!
I have the day off tomorrow as I am having a charity shop purchase delivered.
You've bought a charity shop? noooo:
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House of tat? whistle:
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Honey works for Minimus ~ he even knows the bees 'cos the old lady that keeps them has introduced him to them.
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For hayfever take one teaspoon of local honey per day. It is miraculous!
I have the day off tomorrow as I am having a charity shop purchase delivered.
You've bought a charity shop? noooo:
I wish! cloud9:
No a g-plan unit.
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Organ!
Vital?
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For hayfever take one teaspoon of local honey per day. It is miraculous!
I have the day off tomorrow as I am having a charity shop purchase delivered.
You've bought a charity shop? noooo:
I wish! cloud9:
No a g-plan unit.
Is that anything like the F Plan Diet? whistle:
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The organ has landed!
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The organ has landed!
Yay! happ096
Now you just have to hire a van to get it home and a man to help get it up the stairs.
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It will fit into my car. I shall drive to Halesowen and then I find that getting back from there on a Friday evening (M5/M6) will be very difficult and so I will have to stay overnight with my friend Andy, and go to the pub!
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happy088 Sounds like a plan.
Errrrrrr.............. Does Mrs Nick know that Halesowen is only a couple of hours drive away ~ or is she stocking up on OMO?
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Indeedy.And I get brownie points for venturing to Halesowen!
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It will fit into my car. I shall drive to Halesowen and then I find that getting back from there on a Friday evening (M5/M6) will be very difficult and so I will have to stay overnight with my friend Andy, and go to the pub!
Considering it's home shopping, E-bay must be slowly contributing to killing the planet. Nick is going to Halesowen and back for an organ. Saturday I'm going to North of Brighton for some chairs, and Sunday up to Burton on Trent for a few more odds and sods I got on E-bay. Before, I'd go local and pay the extra. Even allowing for the current price of fuel for the trips, I'm saving a small fortune. Its not all shopping though, we will probably end up in Brighton or a couple of National Trust properties, and on call in on the in-laws and old friends across in Shropshire
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Indeedy.And I get brownie points for venturing to Halesowen!
I'll keep my eye on the kitchen window then eyes:
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OMO?
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OMO?
She has! point:
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evil:
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OMO?
Oh come on Nick doh:
We discussed housewives placing a packet of OMO in the kitchen window to indicate "Old Man Out" suggesting that they would not be averse to some male company a couple or three weeks ago, the thread ran for several days.
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I know. evil:
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whistle:
Sorry but you were the one who put the question mark in.
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A trip to Halesowen starts to seem appealing. noooo:
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Oh it's not that bad ~ got a few good pubs as I recall. Go and have fun.
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For hayfever take one teaspoon of local honey per day. It is miraculous!
I have the day off tomorrow as I am having a charity shop purchase delivered.
You've bought a charity shop? noooo:
I wish! cloud9:
No a g-plan unit.
Is that anything like the F Plan Diet? whistle:
::)
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LL has discovered ebay! scared2:
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I was going to say that it beats going to the shops, but... we now go and get the stuff off e-bayers and on the way it's "oh, look a garden centre, lets just have a look, they might have something different than the rest" cry:
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Oh dear noooo:
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Oh dear noooo:
Seconded. noooo:
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LL has discovered ebay! scared2:
cloud9:
What has she got her eye on?
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A fireman's pole
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LL has discovered ebay! scared2:
cloud9:
What has she got her eye on?
She has a bid on a dress... noooo:
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LL has discovered ebay! scared2:
cloud9:
What has she got her eye on?
She has a bid on a dress... noooo:
It is a slippery slope. noooo:
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That's what a fireman's pole is for ::)
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That's what a fireman's pole is for ::)
With LL's legendary thigh-grip there probably won't be a lot of sliding, unless Snoopy licked the pole first of course.
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LL has discovered ebay! scared2:
cloud9:
What has she got her eye on?
She has a bid on a dress... noooo:
It is a slippery slope. noooo:
She only bid £5... the current bid was £4.11...
i did suggest that she could bid mo- No, she knows best... noooo:
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Quite evil:
Mrs Nick is phoning me 3 times a day with orders instructions advice. It seems she knows best too
evil:
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Quite evil:
Mrs Nick is phoning me 3 times a day with orders instructions advice. It seems she knows best too
evil:
Indeed... we'll see if she wins... noooo:
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Have you told her about auction sniper?
http://www.auctionsniper.com:80/ (http://www.auctionsniper.com:80/)
Praps you ought not to eveilgrin:
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Have you told her about auction sniper?
Good grief no... noooo:
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Why not? eveilgrin:
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Snoopy does not lick firemens poles. LL's thighs however are a different matter eyes:
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eeek:
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eeek:
And yours dear ~ of course. whistle:
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LL has discovered ebay! scared2:
Oh well....I'm an expert - seriously!
I am very good at the waiting till the last second and know 'sactly what to do so just send LL here for a few lessons!
Mind you the ebaying has diminished to a woeful amount since leaving the UK! noooo:
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LL has discovered ebay! scared2:
Oh well....I'm an expert - seriously!
I am very good at the waiting till the last second and know 'sactly what to do so just send LL here for a few lessons!
I don't think so! whistle:
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She won... sad24:
Now she is looking for other stuff... from America like... noooo:
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point:
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Their wigs may be of better quality
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She won... sad24:
Now she is looking for other stuff... from America like... noooo:
Bin there!! Costs a fortune in import duty! evil:
Stick to the EU and no problem. I feel an ebay evening approaching! cloud9:
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She won... sad24:
Now she is looking for other stuff... from America like... noooo:
Bin there!! Costs a fortune in import duty! evil:
Stick to the EU and no problem. I feel an ebay evening approaching! cloud9:
doh:
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noooo:
Wimmin
Tat
noooo:
Why? cussing:
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They can't help it. Summat to do with nest building and stuff that real chaps don't do. 'Sgenetic innit.
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They can't help it. Summat to do with nest building and stuff that real chaps don't do. 'Sgenetic innit.
Prolly... woe is me... sad24:
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Woe, woe and indeed thrice woe.
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Mrs Nick joined Freecycle. She has not got rid of anything, but the tat she accumulates is of frightening proportions. If my back was better I would be spending the period of her absence having a clear out! evil:
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Have you told her about auction sniper?
http://www.auctionsniper.com:80/ (http://www.auctionsniper.com:80/)
Praps you ought not to eveilgrin:
Mrs JOM sends her thanks, she tried it for the first time today, she can now shop in the High Street and online at the same time
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