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snipershot

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I think Im gonna be sick. I found this cue on ebay. It was a sleeper with hardly any bids, so I was being clever and decided to wait till the last minute, and snatch it. Well, I totally forgot about it until an hour after it ended, and I really missed a sweet deal. I cant believe I did that. Its haunting me so bad right now I cant even sleep! Im not gonna say what it was, just in case it comes back up for sale, hehe, but trust me, someone got one hell of a bargain! I think ill go hit my head against the wall for an hour. Sorry for the rant, its just driving me crazy! Has anything like this ever happened to you?:withstupid: :speechless:
 
Do you know what the final sales price was? Perhaps there was a last minute bidding war and you didn't really miss out that badly.
 
snipershot said:
I think Im gonna be sick. I found this cue on ebay. It was a sleeper with hardly any bids, so I was being clever and decided to wait till the last minute, and snatch it. Well, I totally forgot about it until an hour after it ended, and I really missed a sweet deal. I cant believe I did that. Its haunting me so bad right now I cant even sleep! Im not gonna say what it was, just in case it comes back up for sale, hehe, but trust me, someone got one hell of a bargain! I think ill go hit my head against the wall for an hour. Sorry for the rant, its just driving me crazy! Has anything like this ever happened to you?:withstupid: :speechless:
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Trust me, if it WAS a great deal, then an AZber got it and it'll be for sale here next week.
 
i had a bid on a VERY expensive cue with a few seconds left and a freind sniped it for $100 more. its ok though he is a very god friend and I'm glad he got it, as i know he is into that kind of cue more than me. (please dont mention who or how much if you know) as I want to respect my friends privacy, but yeah i was bumed out for a few hours,
 
been there a few times

I used to hand snipe at stuff with fifteen seconds to go. A little hick-up and you don't get your bid in. I forgot about two sticks I wanted until too late too. If I really want something it is smarter to go ahead and bid enough to be high bidder earlier and still try to remember to snipe at what I am willing to pay at the last minute.

An old cheap cue that I paid fourteen dollars for around 1970 was going for under twenty on the internet. I meant to snipe it just for old times sake. I forgot and the only other one I have seen like it went for over eighty dollars. I missed an old snooker cue I wanted too, things happened and I wasn't by the computer to snipe when I needed to.

Hu
 
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It must have been a real sleeper if you somehow totally forgot about it.

My question is what would you have done with the cue if you had not forgot about it and got if for cheap like you had hoped to?

Kevin
 
snipershot said:
I think Im gonna be sick. I found this cue on ebay. It was a sleeper with hardly any bids, so I was being clever and decided to wait till the last minute, and snatch it. Well, I totally forgot about it until an hour after it ended, and I really missed a sweet deal. I cant believe I did that. Its haunting me so bad right now I cant even sleep! Im not gonna say what it was, just in case it comes back up for sale, hehe, but trust me, someone got one hell of a bargain! I think ill go hit my head against the wall for an hour. Sorry for the rant, its just driving me crazy! Has anything like this ever happened to you?:withstupid: :speechless:
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Snipershot - pool, golf and guns .....also sniper bids

Bid a fair price. If you lose the bid you won't have to beat your head against the wall. :rolleyes:
 
I got my stinger J/B cue with one second left in the auction!! I used to wait till seven seconds and bid of course it was win some lose some, but these days with all the new BS from ebay I have stopped buying there altogether. PAYPAL sux big time, the feedback is unreliable, shill bidding, just to many ways to get screwed unfortunately..
 
ShootingArts said:
I used to hand snipe at stuff with fifteen seconds to go. A little hick-up and you don't get your bid in. I forgot about two sticks I wanted until too late too. If I really want something it is smarter to go ahead and bid enough to be high bidder earlier and still try to remember to snipe at what I am willing to pay at the last minute.

An old cheap cue that I paid fourteen dollars for around 1970 was going for under twenty on the internet. I meant to snipe it just for old times sake. I forgot and the only other one I have seen like it went for over eighty dollars. I missed an old snooker cue I wanted too, things happened and I wasn't by the computer to snipe when I needed to.

Hu
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I member that;) And I am still watching we will find you another one.:thumbup:
 
Esnipe.com

Join Esnipe.com and that will never happen to you again. You put in the maximum you want to spend and Esnipe does the bidding for you up to 1 second before the ending of the auction. The bid points you have to buy are very very inexpensive, and worth it with the time and anguish you save!!
 
snipershot said:
I think Im gonna be sick. I found this cue on ebay. It was a sleeper with hardly any bids, so I was being clever and decided to wait till the last minute, and snatch it. Well, I totally forgot about it until an hour after it ended, and I really missed a sweet deal. I cant believe I did that. Its haunting me so bad right now I cant even sleep! Im not gonna say what it was, just in case it comes back up for sale, hehe, but trust me, someone got one hell of a bargain! I think ill go hit my head against the wall for an hour. Sorry for the rant, its just driving me crazy! Has anything like this ever happened to you?:withstupid: :speechless:
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Not that exact thing but I can relate. I sell a lot of things on ebay. They are on a consignment deal for someone. I get a small percentage. I have had way too many items sell for much less then they should have because he prefers me to start them low w/ no reserve. Sometimes I don't even cover my listing costs.

Ebay CAN be cruel in more ways then one...:rolleyes:
 
Nope, never happened, because...
1) I set an alarm in my cell phone to buzz me before the auction finishes
2) If I can't be near a computer near the time it will finish, I just bid whatever I"m willing to pay in advance
3) If I didn't want to do that, I'd use one of the online bidding services

...but sometimes still lose to someone else willing to pay 35 cents more than my maximum bid, haha
 
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thanks!

Cuebuddy said:
I member that;) And I am still watching we will find you another one.:thumbup:
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I appreciate you keeping an eye out for me. I don't spend much time cue shopping and rarely go to e-bay at all. I still kick my own butt for not putting an early bid in on the last one you found for me. :frown: :frown: :frown:

Hu
 
Its really not that hard...

1. decide how badly you want the item.
2. decide what a fair market value is for the item.
3. decide how much you are realistically willing to pay for the item.
3. bid accordingly.
4. live with the results of your actions.
sounds like your more bummed about losing the "sweet deal" as opposed to losing the "sweet cue".
Seems pretty simple.
 
I just bid what I'm willing to pay and let things take their course. I don't even like watching the auctions anymore. I just wake up and check my e-mail. I've missed items by 50 cents but it never bothers me- If I wanted it that bad, I would of just bid more.

I used to get bummed when out of print pool videos got bid too high, but I laugh now about people paying 50 bucks for the Jersey Red 1-P tape that you can get now on dvd for 16 bucks.

Always sucks to miss a deal though. Craiglist is the same thing. One guy had an old David Howard Meucci for 20 freakin dollars AND the cleveland golf wedge I wanted for 20. Called 3x, no answer. Called later, everything gone.
 
Kevin Lindstrom said:
It must have been a real sleeper if you somehow totally forgot about it.

My question is what would you have done with the cue if you had not forgot about it and got if for cheap like you had hoped to?

Kevin
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I would have kept that one for sure. At the price it went for, I could have sold it locally and make a nice profit, but you can't exactly go out and buy a replacement. Just like my other cues, it would have ended up being my sons cue, barring any unforseen circumstances. As for forgetting about it, my wife and I went out to shoot a little pool, and I just forgot. Ive never let that happen before, so I was bummed as hell. Im feeling a little better today though, lol.
 
shinobi said:
Nope, never happened, because...
1) I set an alarm in my cell phone to buzz me before the auction finishes
2) If I can't be near a computer near the time it will finish, I just bid whatever I"m willing to pay in advance
3) If I didn't want to do that, I'd use one of the online bidding services

...but sometimes still lose to someone else willing to pay 35 cents more than my maximum bid, haha
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When I found this cue, I thought about that, setting an alarm on my phone, but I didnt do it. now I sure do wish I had! I have bid my max in advance before, and won some lost some. But the last cue I won, Im sure I saved a lot by bidding last minute, because I was in a bidding war with someone, so the only way to win it was bid too much, or snipe it, lol. Oh well, there will be another out there someday.
 
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