evilBay

[HZSanFan]

I agree here. They cant offer the service for nothing. Look at the amount of chinese goods that are listed at 99c with $20 postage to get around the fees.

Mauser

I too like eBay but I still think it is unfair to include final value fees to include total price plus postage. I have tried to keep postage to a minimum on stuff I list and sometimes have been out of pocket by a dollar or two. I realise that some sellers increase postage costs to increase their profit and this won't stamp that practice out. It will only cost the seller more who will then in turn pass it on to the buyer. Surely eBay's rating and feedback system can make all aware of the rip off sellers and help combat this problem. To me it just seems another way for eBay to increase revenue.

[b-rock-05]

As gumtree is owned by eBay im sure they will find a way to get us there as we move to change the way we buy and sell.

[pj350]

sometimes ive bought stuff off ebay and ended up being satisfied with the result ........but then again sometimes you just got to wonder what some people are on cause what you end up with is just not what they say it is..............i personally find it to much of a head case to try and work out to sell things ......but get on fine with gumtree ....just got to hope they dont change it.

[Vombil]

i sold some handbrake cables recently on ebay for 99cents. pumped postage to $19 thinking i'd get a few $$ on the P&H only for it to cost me $14.50! all the effort of packing and printing con note etc for $6.50. NOT A WORTHWHILE EXERCISE! Gumtree is a painful experience now. Ads are only live for 1 month. After that you need to put a brand new advert up (including new pics) or pay $2 or something like that as opposed to being able to just hit the repost button for free. I've got a feeling people will actually move back to ebay as a result

[wbute]

I think everyone is over the auction format.

[Vombil]

I think everyone is over the auction format.

mate ebay Fu#$ed up big time when they made the buy it now a minimum of 30% over the starting price. so yes auction is dead for me too

[seavan]

I would like to see a process on ebay like a real auction, where if a bid is placed in the last seconds of an auction, it extends the time, say 2 min to let you re-load a bid and have a chance at winning it. More like a real auction instead of getting pipped at the post! I think it would be a gain for the sellers and buyers.

[Kiwivan]

I would like to see a process on ebay like a real auction, where if a bid is placed in the last seconds of an auction, it extends the time, say 2 min to let you re-load a bid and have a chance at winning it. More like a real auction instead of getting pipped at the post! I think it would be a gain for the sellers and buyers.

That is what happens here on Trademe(in New Zealand)If anyone bids in the last 2 mins it extends again for another 2 mins.I recon that is quite fair.

Cheers Kiwivan

[Taily]

I would like to see a process on ebay like a real auction, where if a bid is placed in the last seconds of an auction, it extends the time, say 2 min to let you re-load a bid and have a chance at winning it. More like a real auction instead of getting pipped at the post! I think it would be a gain for the sellers and buyers.

http://www.justsnipe.com/index.asp

Never miss another or get pipped again... I thought everyone knew about this! It is free, legal and works a treat. All you have to do is create an account/register, enter the ebay auction number (just a straightforward cut and paste), enter the maximum dollar amount you wish to spend to attain/win the item and at however many seconds to run (usually about 5-8 seconds to go) it proxy bids on your behalf up to your maximum amount you specified. The idea I guess is to not show your hand at bidding until the very last moment before the hammer fall. You can still be outbid if someone bids higher than you, even if they are bidding through the ebay mechanism and not using just snipe service.

Sorry from the outset if I have ever outbid any of you using that web service. It is useful I am going to be doing something else when the auction finishes to at least get a bid on at the last moment, or if I just plain forget to get back to ebay before the item finishes. I think you get 5 items free I month to bid on, I think you have to pay something (or upgrade your account) or similar to access over 5 snipes/month.

Now, is it legal - yes as it is effectively just a proxy service that you direct how much you wish to bid on an item. Is it moral - that depends on you, but in this dog eat dog world we live in it could give you an edge... As I mentioned, I thought just about everyone knew about it by now.

[Kiwivan]

http://www.justsnipe.com/index.asp

Never miss another or get pipped again... I thought everyone knew about this! It is free, legal and works a treat. All you have to do is create an account/register, enter the ebay auction number (just a straightforward cut and paste), enter the maximum dollar amount you wish to spend to attain/win the item and at however many seconds to run (usually about 5-8 seconds to go) it proxy bids on your behalf up to your maximum amount you specified. The idea I guess is to not show your hand at bidding until the very last moment before the hammer fall. You can still be outbid if someone bids higher than you, even if they are bidding through the ebay mechanism and not using just snipe service.

Sorry from the outset if I have ever outbid any of you using that web service. It is useful I am going to be doing something else when the auction finishes to at least get a bid on at the last moment, or if I just plain forget to get back to ebay before the item finishes. I think you get 5 items free I month to bid on, I think you have to pay something (or upgrade your account) or similar to access over 5 snipes/month.

Now, is it legal - yes as it is effectively just a proxy service that you direct how much you wish to bid on an item. Is it moral - that depends on you, but in this dog eat dog world we live in it could give you an edge... As I mentioned, I thought just about everyone knew about it by now.

Why be sorry??If the system allows it,Use it!Becouse if you don't someone else will.I would never blame someone for using it.I blame evilbay for allowing it to happen.

Cheers Kiwivan