"Anti-Sniping Policy" and other unnecessary seller terms.

Avoriaz

We are unlikely to deal with this idiot.

He is based in Virginia, USA and sells miniature lead wizards

I think I was well under ten the last time I felt the urge to have a lead wizard.

boldaslove

i (manually) bid in the last minute of auctions simply because if people bid earlier it pushes the price up really fast, well that used to be the case a few years ago but lots of people have cottoned on now! it is a bit annoying if someone bids with 3 seconds to go and wins it, but there you go, that's what auctions are all about. some people take ebay far too seriously!

i tell you what does irritate me as a seller, is when i list an auction and i get endless messages from buyers asking me to set it up as a buy it now. i've done this in the past for people who've emailed to say they need it before they go on holiday etc., but people who do it out of laziness annoy me a bit, and it seems to be getting more common now!

Marty_J

Premier wrote: »

Member since 1999! 99.0% feedback based on 476 score!
Perhaps there's method in his madness

If you look at his feedback, he stopped selling (or at least receiving any feedback for selling) in May 2004, and started again a week ago. Since then he has already received one negative.

Debt_Free_Chick

pdel61 wrote: »

I always place my bids in the last few seconds and I don't use a snipe tool, but I guess the seller would think I was.

Me too

frivolous_fay

I like the ones where the seller tells you not to watch unless you're planning on bidding

soolin

frivolous_fay wrote: »

I like the ones where the seller tells you not to watch unless you're planning on bidding

Go on admit it, the moment you see that you just have to hit 'watch'..I know I do. I found one of those a while ago, she had about one line of description about the item and several paragraphs about 'idiots' that watch her BIN items, she even stated that she would report malicious watchers to ebay :rotfl:

debjk

frivolous_fay wrote: »

I like the ones where the seller tells you not to watch unless you're planning on bidding

Ohh I wanna find one of them and get everyone I know to watch lol

When my brother 1st started on Ebay I put a watch on nearly everyone of his items also got my Mum to do the same he phoned me up really excited saying he had watchers on everything lol cruel I know but it was funny at the time

MilkyJoe

Surely if you bid the highest amount you're willing to pay, if you're sniped in the last seconds it's because you were outbid and wouldn't have won anyway.

StaffsSW

frivolous_fay wrote: »

I like the ones where the seller tells you not to watch unless you're planning on bidding

Depending on mischievious I feel, I'll fire up a load of dormant accounts to watch it, and post the watchlink URL on social networking sites. That can gain them a few hundred watchers in a space of a day...

rdp1980

frivolous_fay wrote: »

I like the ones where the seller tells you not to watch unless you're planning on bidding

I haven't seen any of these yet.

Needless to say I will be keeping my eye out now... :rotfl: