Trademe
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Topic: Trademe
Posted By: Guests
Subject: Trademe
Date Posted: 10 March 2007 at 10:43pm
Ok so one thing i cannot stand is when you in the last 2 mins of bidding and someone bids against you at like 20secs to go then it goes back to 2mins and then they wait till 20secs again and it continues for the next 10 mins that frustrates me soooo badly!!!  
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 10 March 2007 at 10:45pm
ARRGGHHH WOMEN GIVE ME A BREAK i want the sunnies! My sunnies!!!!!!!!! I wanna look like Paris Hilton i know you dont wanna!!!!!!!!! 
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 10 March 2007 at 10:51pm
Freaking FINALLY!!! YAY 15 mins later   I am the proud owner of fly eyed sunnies 
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Posted By: baalamb
Date Posted: 10 March 2007 at 10:53pm
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How much did you go over your budget for them? I always set myself a limit but then I get really competitive LOL
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Posted By: my2angels
Date Posted: 11 March 2007 at 8:02am
| it sucks aye, but must admit Ive done it to others thinking well if i cant have them you can pay more than you want for it! |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 11 March 2007 at 8:17am
lol Jess "fly-eyed" Glad you got them in the end!  -------------  |
Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 11 March 2007 at 8:38am
| lol I try not to get in those bidding wars because I always go over budget by a mile! It gets way too competitive |
Posted By: ellabellame
Date Posted: 11 March 2007 at 9:03am
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argh, i know what you mean jess! i once got into one of those bidding wars and ended up spending way more than i wanted to for my jacket. i've actually heard of people who have 2 trademe accounts and when something is due to close they go into their other account and start to push the bids up so they'll get more for it. i think that stinks! ------------- |
Posted By: lil_miss
Date Posted: 11 March 2007 at 9:53am
| Jess - there's heaps of those sunglasses for sale on trademe... Search DG Sunglasses :) imitation dolce & Gabbana. Most have buy nows of around $25 lol so i hope you didnt pay more than that. |
Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 11 March 2007 at 1:33pm
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he he he, Jess, that's what i usually do.. am a sneaky bidder. ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja 
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 11 March 2007 at 1:42pm
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But why Janine, I can understand waiting for the last 5 minutes but what's the point of extending the auction? ------------- |
Posted By: caraMel
Date Posted: 11 March 2007 at 1:46pm
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Its so annoying when it happens to you huh?
------------- Mel, Mummy to E: 6, B: 4 and: 
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Posted By: SMoody
Date Posted: 11 March 2007 at 2:27pm
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Glad you got what you wanted.
I set myself a budget before I even bid on it. And I have stuck to it except once. Went over by 50c and at least got it. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 11 March 2007 at 4:49pm
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Yes it's annoying when it happens to you when bidding but it's great when your the seller...I always have my listings on auto-extend...it is an auction after all! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: nictoddie
Date Posted: 11 March 2007 at 9:27pm
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I know just how you feel very anoying, and yup I can be one of those people sometimes too, slinks back under the computer desk ------------- 
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Posted By: my2angels
Date Posted: 11 March 2007 at 10:16pm
| I always have it on autobid aswell when i put on auctions. sometimes thats when you make the most money! |
Posted By: BaAsKa
Date Posted: 12 March 2007 at 9:46am
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hehe i feel your frustration!! LOL I always get really angry when someone bids against me at the last minute!! but then i think "well this is the whole point to an auction" still peeves me right off though!! LOL
Iv never had the time push back thing though! i would go nutts!!! i tend to use the autobid alot! (yup im a trade me addict!!!!  ).
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Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 12 March 2007 at 9:48pm
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Busymum, i tend to bid at the last minute so that i am not bidding bidding bidding all week and pushing the prices up.. you have people that really want things, why pay heaps for them cos they bid the whole week thinking that no-one else will bid for the next 4 days (lolol, come on), if you bid now, others will know you want it and be more determined to beat you. I bid at the last minute on the off chance that they will either have forgotten to watch the auction so i can sneakily win it, or that they think no-one else wants it, or that maybe they think they have won so pop away for a minute or so.. and again, i win. lol so yes i am a bit of a trade-me cow, but hey, i get good prices, if i see the prices going up then i flag it and don't even bother but will still leave it on the watchlist so i can see what ridiculous price it went for.. If a bidding war starts from my last minute bid, there's a clear point i will go to, ie if someone bids back I will bid again but will set an auto-bid up to my set amount, if they are pig-headed enough to keep bidding to try beat it, then so be it. lol.. i definately don't just keep extending it that does suck and gets annoying.
Ok so now you know my secret...  ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja
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Posted By: jack_&_charli
Date Posted: 13 March 2007 at 10:43am
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lol janine.... i do the same thing! why bid all week, you end up paying more ------------- http://www.alternatickers.com"> 
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 13 March 2007 at 1:47pm
Ahhh well I'm with you on that Janine. I got out-bid that way just last week though. I had set the auction to "email me when outbid" but no email came and I forgot (10.15pm that's why!) and someone bet my bid by $1  at 10 mins before closing time. Sneaky, and good for them, but I wish I hadn't forgotten!------------- |
Posted By: miss
Date Posted: 13 March 2007 at 3:55pm
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I use auto bid a lot too, when I really want something. I find that some things I win with it, and some things my auto bid is pushed to the max and the other person outbids me by 50 cents - grrr. But swings and roundabouts, i still get the bargains I want! -------------  
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Posted By: Millie1976
Date Posted: 13 March 2007 at 4:05pm
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I prefer the Buy Now price if there is one. Sometimes if I am bidding on something and it gets right to the last 1 minute I keep hitting the refresh button every couple of seconds and then put in a quick last bid to see if I won. ------------- Sebastien 2 years old Olivier 3 3/4 years old |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 13 March 2007 at 10:05pm
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Sorry ladies was moving house
I had a budget of $20 and i got them for that so that was good but i got really annoyed coz it was at about 9 secs to go and some other random bid on them GAH! lol so otherwise i would have taken them for about $15 lol |