Damantion! I can never seem to win any auctions

[Zeus]

I've been trying this whole ebay thing, bidding on 2600 stuff and all. It seems that every time I bid on something, someone else with really deep pockets outbids me. Sometimes I feel like giving up on that medium, I've had my heart broken so many times. Oh well, what's a working-class Atari collector to do. (rant ends here)

P.S. How much do you guys spend on ebay anyway?

[Inky]

Find new auctions with BIN's. That's the only way to get stuff anymore, it seems.

[Zeus]

Thanks Inky. I just might try that.

[GruBBworM]

YUP THATS HOW I DO IT GO TO NEWLY LISTED AND THEN HIT THE BIN TAB THEN SEARCH AND LOOK FOR THE BEST DEALS BEFORE EVERYBODY ELSE GETS TO THEM

[CPUWIZ]

P.S.  How much do you guys spend on ebay anyway?

 

Lots.

[GruBBworM]

MY NEXT VENTURE IS Q-BERT QUBES IF I CAN GET IT

 

 

ANYBODY GOT A CHEAP ONE?????

[CPUWIZ]

What is cheap ?

[Atarinuts]

I spend WAY too much on Ebay. As everyone will confirm by my recent Tooth Protectors purchase. But, I can't seem to find any good atari stuff in the wild. I've found some handhelds and stuff but nothing better than Combat in the wild. BIN is without a doubt the best way to get stuff, although I get beat all the time on that too.

 

P.S. CPUWIZ, what do YOU call cheap? I think we need to talk. :wink:

[A2600]

Around 20 to 50 bucks monthly or when my needs show up!

[dwh]

I just got outbid on three items today as I slaved away installing wiring in our new building here;but I only bid what I can afford.

When I started ebaying(if that's even a word) I lost 4 auctions on Time Pilot for 2600,but get this, and all by 'one cent'.Now that was discouraging...

[Brad2600]

Ok let's se..

 

I live on $9.50/hr times 40 hours a week..not including overtime.

 

Ok. I pay like $484 a month in rent...plus cable, phone, car insurance and my pager.

 

Leaves me little for buying games.

 

Yet, I always manage to find a way to pay for everything.

 

Wonder if I should run Enron if they ever bring it back... or perhaps I could save Adelphia from bankruptcy...

 

[xulchris]

Here is what I do. If I don't have a space on my watch list, I will place a low-ball bid just to keep it on my watch list. Then during the course of the week, I will decide the maximum amount of money I will pay for the auction. Then about 10-20 seconds before the auction, if it hasn't reached my maximum bid amount, I will place my bid. This technique seems to work best for me.

[+davidcalgary29]

...and place bids on things you want, even if it seems to be ridiculously low. I won "Xenophobe" for the 7800 last month because no one bothered to up my bid of $4.99.

[hepcat]

Just be patient Zeus. Almost every Atari item you could possibly want appears on Ebay over and over again. I probably lost a dozen auctions before I got my first 2600 off of Ebay.

 

--Jason

[NE146]

I say SNIPE

[hepcat]

I say SNIPE

 

Yeah, that works too.

[Zeus]

I just did my first ebay BIN. Fairly common stuff that I did not already have. In the process of communicating with the seller.