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Just got destroyed by someone's bidding bot, SO unfair
I understand bidding bots are nothing new, they allow a user to "snipe" a bid for a set price a second before the bidding ends, but this bot I just ran into was RIDICULOUS. I was bidding on 10 different anime figure lots from the same seller, they all had like 1-3 bids and were at current highest bids ranging from $0.99 to $12.50. I had waited until there was about 30 seconds left, and then set my max bid at anywhere from $25-$35 per lot. I was winning each lot, then in the last 2 seconds every auction was swept away at the same exact time for $0.50 more than my max.
I'm so distraught I lost all these auctions, but yeah yeah I know if I really wanted it I should have just set a higher max bid. Guess I just want some sympathy, and also advice on where I can get a bidding bot of my own so I don't have to carefully micromanage 20 tabs just to be disappointed.
kh-jean
·2 years agoHi everyone,
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Thank you for understanding.
sonomabarn67
·5 years agoSorry to hear that,. My preference is to buy at estate /yard sales and if I see something I really want I just go for it with wild abandon. Grab an run. There is no comfortable place to be with a low bid hoping for a score and on ebay if I see similar items going for $50.00, Ill put in the absentee at 100.00 and usually get it for $78.00 etc. I've never had ebay run me up, it's always against legit other bidders. Cover your bets and you win some and lose some.
ed8108
·5 years agoUnless you have a strong emotional attachment to some particular item offered for sale, it's wise to refrain from overbidding, remembering a day will come for you to sell it.
sonomabarn67
·5 years agoThen you really didn't want it in the first place and shouldn't have bought it, ...in the first place.
andsa-6340
·2 years agoAh yes, we all know how in real auctions no one has a chance to throw out a counter offer because someone said a number .1 second before the hammer fell.........