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Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 1:25 pm
by Gayno
Watching an AEM induction kit on eBay that finished at 12:15 this afternoon.

I'm at work and got distracted, only JUST remembered, checked and it went for £25!!! Here in Bristol too.......

FML :(

Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 1:27 pm
by indigolemon
Silly billy :(

Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 1:30 pm
by Lude-dude
always the way, I thought about these sniping programs you hear about

Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 1:36 pm
by bristol_bb4
i was bidding on that one too :( my mrs wanted to go to frickin ikea and i didnt have enough signal on my phone to bid when it ended :(

Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 1:37 pm
by vanzep
happens to us all ;)
i wouldnt worry too much theres a glut of good prelude parts out there at the mo
i dont hold with snipe bidding programmes - most unethical :shock:

Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 1:39 pm
by indigolemon
I just run with the max bid policy. Put in the most I will pay (plus some silly odd amount like 3.47) and leave it. If I win, I win, if I don't - it went for more than I wanted to pay.

Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 1:39 pm
by Gayno
bristol_bb4 wrote:i was bidding on that one too :( my mrs wanted to go to frickin ikea and i didnt have enough signal on my phone to bid when it ended :(
you already took the cooling plate, you can't have this too! But then it seems, neither can I :(

Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 1:40 pm
by Gayno
indigolemon wrote:I just run with the max bid policy. Put in the most I will pay (plus some silly odd amount like 3.47) and leave it. If I win, I win, if I don't - it went for more than I wanted to pay.
Yes I do that too, but snipe it so doesn't give someone else the chance to bid higher.

Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 1:50 pm
by bristol_bb4
Gayno wrote:
bristol_bb4 wrote:i was bidding on that one too :( my mrs wanted to go to frickin ikea and i didnt have enough signal on my phone to bid when it ended :(
you already took the cooling plate, you can't have this too! But then it seems, neither can I :(
LOL sorry mate :oops:

Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 1:51 pm
by bristol_bb4
Gayno wrote:
indigolemon wrote:I just run with the max bid policy. Put in the most I will pay (plus some silly odd amount like 3.47) and leave it. If I win, I win, if I don't - it went for more than I wanted to pay.
Yes I do that too, but snipe it so doesn't give someone else the chance to bid higher.
+1 on this 8-) got some absolute bargains by sniping on ebay