Originally Posted by
daf1009
+1
Manual sniping is my approach...and, as said by jeirvine...if I get out sniped and/or out bid, well, my bid is the most I would pay...so...let it go then!
Oh...and I factor in the shipping! Many people just look at the price...and then complain about shipping...I take it as a whole price!
Yeah, I'm quite surprised how often people don't factor in shipping. Lots of times the odd number I use just gets shipping up to an even number.
Originally Posted by
rootboy
Yeah. Me too. I don't get near as exercised as I used to over this stuff. Quite often I just put in a "hail Mary" bid and forget about it.
If I wake up the next morning and have won, all the better. If not? No big deal.
I do the hail mary bid from time to time. I occasionally remember to do it via a sniper, but usually I just put the bid in. Then I find something I like even better that I want to put the hail mary bid on and sweat it out that I'm going to get both of those and spend more than I want (hasn't ever happen, almost never get either).
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