# ACK! - My first bid on eBay! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 4, 2002, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ack-my-first-bid-on-ebay/122265 "2002-08-04T04:12:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2002, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ack-my-first-bid-on-ebay/122265/1 "2002-08-04T04:12:33Z")
Wow - I just made a bid on eBay for a ring, and now I really hope I get it. 🙂 I had no idea how much to bid, so I just put in what I figured was a decent price. I’m sooo excited - I wonder if I’ll get it… ---
**Author:** ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2002, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ack-my-first-bid-on-ebay/122265/2 "2002-08-04T04:47:16Z")
Oh-oh. Possibly on the road to ebay addiction! Good luck! ---
**Author:** ![happyheathen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@happyheathen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happyheathen)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2002, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ack-my-first-bid-on-ebay/122265/3 "2002-08-04T06:08:40Z")
ummmmm… Thoughts from a (not really) recovering ebay’r - Unless you are the only person in the friggin’ world who wants it, you are likely to be outbid. Why? simple - there is someone, somewhere, who will look at the item and decide that "If it is worth $10 to alice, it’s worth $11 to me. If you want to see just how much you can pay for the item, match her/his bid (then he/she will match yours, and off you go!). Competitive items are bought in the last 20 seconds of an auction - it’s called sniping… (I have beat other bidders by 2 seconds - yes, I am a tad too competitive, but it makes life fun 🙂 ) ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2002, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ack-my-first-bid-on-ebay/122265/4 "2002-08-04T16:03:56Z")
I thought about that **happyheathen**. However, at this point there’s only _ **ONE** _ bid, and it’s mine. This particular dealer seems to have a lot of product that is very similar. Hopefully others will stick with other items in the inventory. ::_hope, hope_:: ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2002, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ack-my-first-bid-on-ebay/122265/5 "2002-08-04T16:10:12Z")
Watch their feedback. Under their name should be a link to read their feedback. Congrats, you’re no longer an ebay bidding virgin. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2002, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ack-my-first-bid-on-ebay/122265/6 "2002-08-04T16:11:39Z")
BEWARE THE SNIPERS!! I’ve noticed on a lot of auctions, interested parties will wait until the auction is nearly over before placing their bids. ---
**Author:** ![VDarlin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e56c9b/32.png) [@VDarlin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VDarlin)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2002, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ack-my-first-bid-on-ebay/122265/7 "2002-08-04T16:19:55Z")
It really depends on the item. I’ve lost some due to sniping, and I am guilty of sniping some, myself, but, I have bid on auctions where I ended up winning with the initial bid amount. I won one auction, a couple of weeks ago, where I put in the starting bid in, as the highest I would go, while there was still 3 or 4 days left on the auction, and I won it. Just goes to show you that you never know. Welcome to the wonderful world of evilBay™ - that’s what my friends and I call it, due to it’s addictive qualities. 😉 ~V ---
**Author:** ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2002, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ack-my-first-bid-on-ebay/122265/8 "2002-08-04T22:31:51Z")
My ebay success bidding was “winning” some obscure booklets for 1 cent. Shipping & handling was $3, so it was still a good deal to me. ---
**Author:** ![Bedhead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f07891/32.png) [@Bedhead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bedhead)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2002, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ack-my-first-bid-on-ebay/122265/9 "2002-08-05T04:08:54Z")
::sigh:: I remember when i lost my ebay virginity. She was a bobbing head chihuahua and i was just a young boy. I think i paid like $11 for it total. No one else even bothered to bid on it. I guess some people just can’t recognize a good deal when they see one… ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2002, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ack-my-first-bid-on-ebay/122265/10 "2002-08-05T15:36:36Z")
I made my first dutch auction bid yesterday. I couldn’t figure it out, it says 6 days left but closed recently. Those things are weird. Said bidding is $1, but I would have to bid $1.25, so I did, but I won it at 1.00, it was a lot of 50 silk marijuana plants. Way cool! I have no idea what Im going to do with it now. Yikes. It's 1753417152, but I know them, they have them for sale on their own website but its much more . I hope it comes in a plain brown paper package, not one that says “Handle with Care, Marijuana” on it. lol