YAY - I WON!!!

Congratulations!

Who's Robbie Williams?

GG

YAY, congratulations! I do that too, make a proxy bid and then use AS just to be sure.

Btw, Robbie Williams is a singer.

Take care,
~Shannon :-)~

Ah, I see!

GG

Yeay Lexie!!! Have fun!!!!

(Gardengnome--he must not be a country-western singer, because I've never heard of him, either. )

How long before the end of the auction did you make your proxy bid? It seems to me that this would tip others off of your interest.

Ahhhhhh Chatter - I knew I could count on you to criticise my proxy technique

I proxy bid when the auction had over 12hrs to go, I just nibbled away until I hit the highest bid and then sat. If the previous bidder had come along I wouldnt have bid again and they would of just assumed I had hit my max and walked away. I know I should set my max and walk away - but hey - I am a woman and its my perogative to change my mind and increase my snipe

For all those that arent in the know -

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Robbie is being named as the biggest British pop phenomenon since The Beatles as tickets went on sale for his latest tour dates. The cash registers rang and web sites crashed both in the UK and in Germany when they couldn't cope with the demand. An unprecedented 650,000 tickets were sold throughout Europe in one day for the star who has been very low profile for the past year.

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His shows have become quite well known - apparently he puts on one of the best in the business. My hubbie (from Missouri) had never heard of him until he moved over here and now is a Huge fan.


Lexie

It's just that I am a true sniper, through and through, and I hate to see you or any AS member risk losing an item by proxy bidding during the auction. It seems too likely to show an interest in a widget still under auction. Folks are not always rational in their bidding, and some people will bid again, simply because someone else "tried to top" their bid.

I never worry about manual snipers. I was once one myself, and know that it does not really matter if their bids come before or after my own. They obviously PLAN to snipe, just as I do, and do so independent of my snipe. There is nothing I can do, except hope that my one and only true max is enough to hold!

I usually snipe true and fair - set the bid and walk away.

But sometimes - when it is something like this, that I know there are limited number of and is likely to get more expensive as the event gets nearer - I wanted to make sure I was in the ball park.

Its a strange auction....there are 10 tickets up for auction (in pairs) and 3 sets are from the one fella. 1 set went for over $600, 1 set for $265 and the rest for between $300-$350. They are all in the same row and level. So bascially the same seats - yet such a big difference in prices.

The ones that went for $600+ - had just copied and pasted the promo speil from the venue website. Obviously that was enough to excite someone

Lexie

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Originally posted by Bartelby:

I usually snipe true and fair - set the bid and walk away.

But sometimes - when it is something like this, that I know there are limited number of and is likely to get more expensive as the event gets nearer - I wanted to make sure I was in the ball park

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That's the part I don't understand. What does that mean, to make sure you are in the ball park? If, say, you were willing to pay $300 for the tickets, how would bidding in advance help you obtain them? Wouldn't it be a matter of setting the snipe for $302.37 or whatever and walking away? You may know prior to the end of the auction if you were too low, or you may not find out until the end. But if you have decided what you are willing to pay beforehand, how does the ballpark bid help?

I am not criticizing; I am merely trying to understand the strategy.

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Originally posted by Bartelby:
Ahhhhhh Chatter - I knew I could count on you to criticise my proxy technique.

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How absolutely true.


Chatter,

Respectfully - It appears that most of the things you bid on are under $15. Maybe it's easier to be a "true sniper" and "walking away" at that price range? Maybe other dynamics take place when dealing with $200 or $400 or $600 auctions? Maybe?

At your price range, maybe you are in a commodity market - "another bus in 15 minutes".

I am not criticizing.


Lexie - Are you a poxie proxy Robbie bidder?

Chatter - My strategy (and its going to be way out left field coz I am a WOMAN and an AUSSIE - and yes that something to do with it )

As I said....there were 5 auctions of double tickets up for grabs, they all ended relatively close together and the price range was great. I *would* of bid $600 for the tickets, but I didnt want to set the snipe for that amount as I could of probably gotten one of the other sets cheaper. So I nibbled until I found out what the other bidder was up for, then priced my snipe accordingly.

There is probably some fandangle way to set up AS to do this - but I didnt want to pay $600 when I didnt need to. That said I would of paid it if I HAD to. LOL

I was only joking around about you critising me anyways - I just know from your posts that you dont agree with this proxy bidding then using AS

Rick - I am definately a poxie proxy Robbie bidder...in fact I could be the poxiest proxiest Robbie bidder of them all

BUT I am a successful poxie proxy Robbie Bidder

Lexie

Well there is more than one....

My only flaw on this occasion is in my proxy bidding I could of won for $325.01...correct?

But I wasnt thinking I was going to win on that bid

>>>>Bid Details<<<<

Lexie

Rick - I will be popping into our chatting thread if you arent too busy reading

Lexie

(Fordfalcons)

He's obviously not Metal either!

GG

Lexie, I hear you. Do I understand you correctly that your proxy bid was occasioned by the fact that there were multiple auctions for the item, all of them rather expensive? In other words, you were reluctant to set the one, big snipe on a single auction, because you thought that while you might win that one, big auction for $600, you could still win it on another auction for $400?

Uhuh - you would be correct in that theory Chatter ..

(and waits for his next comments with some scepticism)

Lexie

I am done on this topic--no more!

Can I say SMARTARSE without getting *** out ?

Even if you werent - I would of kept my side of the arguement going

Lexie

I thought Robbie Williams was the name of a sports stadium.. LOL

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Originally posted by Bartelby:
My only flaw on this occasion is in my proxy bidding I could of won for $325.01...correct?

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That looks correct. Since no one placed a bid after you, your poxie bid seems to have been the smart thing to do. In fact, one could argue that your raising the price to that amount as early as you did scared off other proxy bidders or snipers.

"For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction."





The important thing is that you are seriously ecstatic about the price you paid, so congratulations.

Ahh thanks Rick - if you were a Robbie fan I would ship you over to go see the concert

Lexie