A want of mine Lp came up on Ebay in the last few days and I bid high straight away to get it , not even a sniff of the sniper !!! ,  fully accepting the oncoming days of the last drawn out moments of the auction whilst debating my finances until pay day in the quest for my want !!!

 

THEN  , a member on here offers me a copy , seeing my bid user name and a deal is done !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

It  was a great non buying experience when I was outbid , knowing I did'nt have to pay twice !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

just wish i could win some on ebay lol

I was extremely lucky when the first Royal Esquires appeared on eBay (10 / 12 years ago ? - seems like a lifetime) - bidded about $1800 (about £1000 in those days) and got pipped in the dying seconds - I was actually the third highest bidder. I was sort of disappointed, but only for about half an hour until an email appeared offering me a "spare" copy. Alarm bells rang especially as I wasn't the second highest, but third. Needles to say, I never took up the very kind offer, and so as the weeks and months went by with copies constantly appearing and obviously going for less and less, I felt very lucky not to have won in the first place. I eventually bought a fair few when it bottomed at about $25 / 30, think they were 3 or 4 for $100.

 

Cheers

Mick

 

 Hi All  Have I been glad? you betcha!, The  nightmare of overbidding used to hit me on a Saturday morning, after a Friday night on the beer, often I would go on eBay when I got in from the pub, and put bids on many items, and many time I would find out that the $16.51 bid turned out to be £1651. It's just good luck that I did not get mugged,  TIP never go on line P***ed up  DAVE K

two weeks ago, placed a bid on a cheap record I was really after.

 

20 secs to end of auction I was still winning bidder, 10.20 euros (my max bid was something like 17.50).

 

Got nervous about my max bid being high enough so intended to raise bid via the mobile. Due to my clumsyfingers I almost bid 210.21 euros instead of 21.21. By the time I corrected it and pressed "send" auction ended @ 17.51. I got overbid by 1 cent!

Edited June 17, 201311 yr by Benji

Happens all the time, I put bids on then decide I dont want the record, I'm euphoric when I get out bid!!!

 

just bidding on some Aussie stuff yesterday, two I already had, third was very rare, sods law, lost the rare one and Now I have double copies of the two.. no matter they are very nice and will be appearing in the sales section very soon..

 

I wonder about record collecting, think were all F***** Mad to be honest...

 

M

Edited June 17, 201311 yr by Mal.C.

I'm in that dilemma right now, Two hours to go...

Why don't you just cancel your bid?

 

https://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?RetractBidShow

Why don't you just cancel your bid?

 

https://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?RetractBidShow

 

Or just use a snipe site. You can adjust your bid up or down till the dying minutes, or take it off completely, it's such a  better way of bidding.

Or just use a snipe site. You can adjust your bid up or down till the dying minutes, or take it off completely, it's such a  better way of bidding.

 

Ofcourse! I'd personally never dream of bidding earlier than the last 10 seconds in an eBay auction.

Why don't you just cancel your bid?

 

https://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?RetractBidShow

Well I sort of want it but I shouldn't be buying anything right now!

Yes everytime I get outbid on a heavy item! Initially I am gutted but then my feelings evolve to relief when I start to think that I won't be broke for the next month.....funny old game.

Was once bidding on an item & the Wife was secretly bidding against me to buy me the record for my birthday.
She outbid me & several others but bid way over the going price for it but luckily someone outbid her with a snipe in the last few seconds.
Do feel rather guilty as it was her fault the winner had to pay way over the odds for it.