Members Northstar Posted October 28, 2009 Members Share Posted October 28, 2009 Hell I bid on items with no intent to buy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members goodwater Posted October 28, 2009 Members Share Posted October 28, 2009 all the time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Grantus Posted October 28, 2009 Members Share Posted October 28, 2009 I watch a lot of stuff with minimal interest in buying, just to check the prices. A lot of times, I'll watch something until it's no longer dirt cheap, then un-watch it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sarssipius Posted October 28, 2009 Members Share Posted October 28, 2009 So sad but I do it to... Watching over and over, and (almost) never buying! It's hard to be a GAS maniac wannabe!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Barryj61 Posted October 28, 2009 Members Share Posted October 28, 2009 I'm always watching tons of stuff (rarely does my list drop under 100 items) - but I'm always watching with full intent to buy. The second that it crosses my threshold of a good deal it drops off the list, though - and these days, not much makes it to bidding stage. Honestly, most of the best deals are "Buy-It-Now's" that you catch right after they're listed - my last 2 Ebay guitars were both this kind of deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Promit Posted October 28, 2009 Members Share Posted October 28, 2009 Sometimes I intend to buy until I remember I have to actually pay, so I back out at the last minute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Superrust Posted October 28, 2009 Members Share Posted October 28, 2009 all the time especially if I am in the market to buy or sell. Its a great way to see what the market is doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mymindsok Posted October 28, 2009 Members Share Posted October 28, 2009 It's called "Market Research" kids. You watch the markets youre interested in, note the trends and then make you buying and selling decisions based on the acumulated data. I'm usually watching 20+ items at all times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Doctor Morbius Posted October 28, 2009 Members Share Posted October 28, 2009 I watch stuff all the time to get an ideal of it's current value in the market place. Should have bid on something this evening too but got busy writing checks and paying bills and forgot about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members twofoolsaminute Posted October 28, 2009 Members Share Posted October 28, 2009 I watch stuff all the time to keep track of what a certain item typically sells for. Might be because I want to buy one in the future, might be to sell one in the future, might be to compare two differnt products for the difference in the final prices. It's great market research. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members noisebloom Posted October 28, 2009 Members Share Posted October 28, 2009 It's called "Market Research" kids.You watch the markets youre interested in, note the trends and then make you buying and selling decisions based on the acumulated data. This x 100. I'll watch gear and track trends for weeks, even months, before bidding seriously. I even track stuff I know I won't buy this year or probably even next year. I almost never buy on impulse, especially on eBay. Too easy to get burned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members WildWill Posted October 28, 2009 Members Share Posted October 28, 2009 If I know what I am willing to pay for something I will watch it (and if I remember I am watching it ) will catch the end of the auction. If it is at or below my price I'll bid. Win some and lose some, always willing to let one go if it gets above my price. And sometimes I watch just because I'm curious, with no intent to buy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members flummox Posted October 28, 2009 Members Share Posted October 28, 2009 Watching an item or asking a question about it is not a commitment to buy. The high bid at closing is the commitment to buy. You shouldn't assume that your watchers are all lined up to buy your guitar, or be offended if nobody does. It's not like they've been hanging around your music store every day playing the same Puddle of Mudd riff on it over and over. I once watched a PRS through three relistings. It was just a bit more than I wanted to pay, but I tracked it on the off chance Bing would run one of their 15% cashback BIN deals. Bing stayed at 8%, but the third time he listed it for $200 less, and so it was mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Armchair Bronco Posted October 28, 2009 Members Share Posted October 28, 2009 "I like to watch." Peter Sellers - Being There Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Annoying Twit Posted October 28, 2009 Members Share Posted October 28, 2009 Yes. For many of the reasons described above. Moaning sellers who are frustrated at large numbers of watchers with no bids just need to understand that this is the way that online auctions work. Same for questions with no bids. If you want to sell something, be prepared to answer questions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Lucky #9 Posted October 28, 2009 Members Share Posted October 28, 2009 "I like to watch."Peter Sellers - Being There You know, that quote was the first thing that came to my mind and though I thought it was from Being There, I wasn't positive. I read the book by Jerzy Kozinski (I think I spelled his name correctly) many years ago, well before the movie came out. Great book and excellent movie, by the way. Concerning ebay...I watch many, many things...and buy many things...over 300 to date. But only at the right price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Lucky #9 Posted October 28, 2009 Members Share Posted October 28, 2009 Moaning sellers who are frustrated at large numbers of watchers with no bids just need to understand that this is the way that online auctions work. Same for questions with no bids. If you want to sell something, be prepared to answer questions. If a seller doesn't respond to my question/s, I generally nix my interest. If you can't get a response before bidding, how much assistance do you think you'll get after you win something and have a problem with it? "If you want to sell something, be prepared to answer questions." As Link of Mod Squad was fond of saying years ago: "Right On." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jhorne Posted October 28, 2009 Members Share Posted October 28, 2009 Hell I bid on items with no intent to buy! This is how we used to do a 'watch list' in the old days of eBay. Place a low bid on an item you want to watch, have a page bookmarked with items you've bid on, and that was your 'watch list'. And every now and then you'd accidentally win something for a very low price... I still haven't seen an answer to my earlier question to the 'researchers' that 'watch'. Why not just do a search on completed items that you're interested in? Seems like that would be easier than watching a bunch of stuff. No big deal either way, I was just curious as to why you'd do one over the other... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Annoying Twit Posted October 28, 2009 Members Share Posted October 28, 2009 I still haven't seen an answer to my earlier question to the 'researchers' that 'watch'. Why not just do a search on completed items that you're interested in? Seems like that would be easier than watching a bunch of stuff. No big deal either way, I was just curious as to why you'd do one over the other... I frequently want to see the ending price. Having to remember which items I was tracking and searching all the time would be rather tiresome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RJpilot Posted October 28, 2009 Members Share Posted October 28, 2009 If I watch something and then don't bid its usually because the price got way out of hand. Its odd that 61 people watched and 11 questions were asked and no one even bid. Methinks your reserve was too high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Burningleaves Posted October 28, 2009 Members Share Posted October 28, 2009 i watch items all the time without real intent to buy. sometimes, i want to see what something i already own sells for, and how quickly it climbs in the last few hours (for example). Other times, I'm marginally interested or beginning to take an interest in a brand/style and want to see what it goes for so i can gauge my target price range in the future.:thu: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members conway Posted October 28, 2009 Members Share Posted October 28, 2009 I see a lot of questions come from over sea's e bayers...... The infamous: Will you ship to... If I win will you ship to............ How much is shipping to...... A waste of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Annoying Twit Posted October 28, 2009 Members Share Posted October 28, 2009 If I watch something and then don't bid its usually because the price got way out of hand. Its odd that 61 people watched and 11 questions were asked and no one even bid. Methinks your reserve was too high. Or perhaps there was a better alternative product with a later finishing time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fw190 Posted October 28, 2009 Members Share Posted October 28, 2009 I still haven't seen an answer to my earlier question to the 'researchers' that 'watch'. Why not just do a search on completed items that you're interested in? Seems like that would be easier than watching a bunch of stuff. No big deal either way, I was just curious as to why you'd do one over the other... I do both. The reason why: Ebay only lets you search completed listings from the last few weeks, so if what you're on the lookout for is rare, you might get none or only a couple of items in a completed item search. On the other hand, if you "watch" certain items as they crop up, you can keep track of more items over as long a period a time as you wish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members saijo Posted October 28, 2009 Members Share Posted October 28, 2009 I don't use ebay. too much of a chance of dissapointment/overspending.:mad: THIS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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