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Autobid is Killing Me

allen griggsallen griggs Member Posts: 35,696 ✭✭✭✭
edited May 2017 in General Discussion
I am trying to buy a Spanish Mauser. I have big on it 14 times, and every time, I have been taken to the cleaners by autobid.

I got in on the gun at about $220, now it is up to $450. I give up and will let autobid guy have the gun. Very nice rifle.

At least, I made him pay for it.
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  • spasmcreekspasmcreek Member Posts: 37,717 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    same chances with 15 minute rule....
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  • varianvarian Member Posts: 2,263 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    i feel your pain. ive been trying to buy a marlin 30-30 for weeks now. i just have to assume they are worth a lot more than i thought.
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  • Mr. PerfectMr. Perfect Member, Moderator Posts: 66,437 ******
    edited November -1
    There appears to be a disconnect between what you want to pay and what someone else thinks the gun is worth.
    Some will die in hot pursuit
    And fiery auto crashes
    Some will die in hot pursuit
    While sifting through my ashes
    Some will fall in love with life
    And drink it from a fountain
    That is pouring like an avalanche
    Coming down the mountain
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  • Marc1301Marc1301 Member Posts: 31,895 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Mr. Perfect
    There appears to be a disconnect between what you want to pay and what someone else thinks the gun is worth.

    That was a 'perfect' conclusion you drew there.
    "Beam me up Scotty, there's no intelligent life down here." - William Shatner
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  • allen griggsallen griggs Member Posts: 35,696 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Well, I was going to town at $220. In fact, I got in at $190 and I had the auction won! I thought I would steal the Mauser.
    Then another guy outbid me, and then I outbid him! So I had it won at $205. That would have been a steal.

    Then, autobid guy kicked in and I have bid 14 more times, to no avail. Autobid guy prevails.

    Gonna have to let this one go, there are lots of Spanish Mausers out there. Although this one does have "OBERNDORF 1895" on the receiver ring. I love that German writing.

    C'es la Vie, I have to bail out, $450 plus $50 shipping, too expensive.
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  • Mr. PerfectMr. Perfect Member, Moderator Posts: 66,437 ******
    edited November -1
    I've always found the best strategy to buy something at auction is to bid the maximum I want to pay for it, and then let it ride. No fretting, hand wringing or worrying about "autobider" (which is exactly how your own bid is input) YMMV.
    Some will die in hot pursuit
    And fiery auto crashes
    Some will die in hot pursuit
    While sifting through my ashes
    Some will fall in love with life
    And drink it from a fountain
    That is pouring like an avalanche
    Coming down the mountain
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  • allen griggsallen griggs Member Posts: 35,696 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I couldn't stand it. I just bid $460! To no avail, autobid beat me again.
    I am out of this auction as of now, and I mean it!


    http://www.GunBroker.com/item/639288841
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  • AlpineAlpine Member Posts: 15,092 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by allen griggs
    I couldn't stand it. I just bid $460! To no avail, autobid beat me again.
    I am out of this auction as of now, and I mean it!


    http://www.GunBroker.com/item/639288841




    Sure you are. Famous last words!
    ?The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.?
    Margaret Thatcher

    "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics."
    Mark Twain
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  • allen griggsallen griggs Member Posts: 35,696 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I couldn't stand it, I bid $470.
    And autobid beat me again! This is it, I promise I will not bid again.
    But I am making autobid guy pay in coin of the realm. I think he is over-paying for this gun, not sure if this is some exceptionally rare Mauser, or what.

    http://www.GunBroker.com/item/639288841
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  • kimikimi Member Posts: 44,719 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    [:D]
    What's next?
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  • Ditch-RunnerDitch-Runner Member Posts: 25,387 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    its hard to win when some one with $$ is determined to win even they over pay its the "WIN" and the " will lot loose" and "I will show them " personality driving them


    now get back in there and Bid [}:)][}:)] [:D][:D]
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  • JunkballerJunkballer Member Posts: 9,312 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    That seller should love you [:D]

    "Never do wrong to make a friend----or to keep one".....Robert E. Lee

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  • mlincolnmlincoln Member Posts: 5,039 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    One of the few problems in this world that can be fixed by throwing lots and lots of money at it!
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  • CaptFunCaptFun Member Posts: 16,678 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Mr. Perfect
    I've always found the best strategy to buy something at auction is to bid the maximum I want to pay for it, and then let it ride. No fretting, hand wringing or worrying about "autobider" (which is exactly how your own bid is input) YMMV.


    Exactly right... You are not sneaking up on a cut line with a plane, you are bidding.

    By the way Allen you are close....

    I had this same discussion with a person on Sunday who was bidding on the NRA Airboat. The guy that told me he really wanted it bid his max and walked away. 2 other people that also told me they really wanted it tried to sneak up on his bid and then got busy in meetings. I even walked over to their booths and let them know that they had been outbid and there was only 5 minutes left to bid.

    That guy that really wanted it is picking it up on his way home from Atlanta....
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  • roswellnativeroswellnative Member Posts: 10,195 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I bet the other guy put in a round number like ... 500
    Although always described as a cowboy, Roswellnative generally acts as a righter of wrongs or bodyguard of some sort, where he excels thanks to his resourcefulness and incredible gun prowesses.
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  • Locust ForkLocust Fork Member Posts: 32,082 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I get emails about once a month from people that are MAD AS HORNETS because they think I'm over here "upping" the bids and making them bid just a little bit more.


    "I'm telling you I'm NOT bidding any more...you can just keep it! I'm through playing!"


    You can't explain how things work to them with 1 min left in an auction.
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  • shilowarshilowar Member Posts: 38,811 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Marc1301
    quote:Originally posted by Mr. Perfect
    There appears to be a disconnect between what you want to pay and what someone else thinks the gun is worth.

    That was a 'perfect' conclusion you drew there.


    As well as humorous. [:p]
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  • shilowarshilowar Member Posts: 38,811 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by allen griggs
    I couldn't stand it. I just bid $460! To no avail, autobid beat me again.
    I am out of this auction as of now, and I mean it!


    http://www.GunBroker.com/item/639288841


    It is tough...I sometimes lack discipline and comeback one more time...a few times just because I want it!
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  • wpageabcwpageabc Member Posts: 8,760 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    When somebody wants something as much as you do but may have set his limit higher. Like a good poker bet sometimes you got to know when to fold them.
    "What is truth?'
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  • armilitearmilite Member Posts: 35,490 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    At least you can find guns to bid on.
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  • MobuckMobuck Member Posts: 14,163 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    GB's "15 minute rule" is GREAT. You want frustration, get "bid sniped" on some of the other auction sites. You can't push buttons fast enough to beat a sniper program.
    I'll admit that when you're working, even the 15 minutes doesn't help but an auction is an auction and the bidder with the $$ wins.
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  • allen griggsallen griggs Member Posts: 35,696 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    It is up to $505. A new guy has come in and outbid the autobid guy who kept beating my offers.

    Seven minutes left.
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  • He DogHe Dog Member Posts: 51,593 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    All you have to do is want it more than everyone else. $500 is not a lot for a good rifle.
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  • NeoBlackdogNeoBlackdog Member Posts: 17,286 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by allen griggs
    It is up to $505. A new guy has come in and outbid the autobid guy who kept beating my offers.

    Seven minutes left.

    Nobody likes a quitter, Allen. BID![;)]
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  • Sam06Sam06 Member Posts: 21,244 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    $505 that is crazy for that gun. Those things used to sit in barrels at pawn shops and sold for $50.

    I guess I have lived to see it all now. I never thought I would see an Arasaka 7.7 jap sell for more than $25. But they are selling for big bucks now.

    Crazy world
    RLTW

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  • jetmekjetmek Member Posts: 250 ✭
    edited November -1
    That's not a lot for that rifle. The market for honest un molested early mausers is in demand AND its not 1980 anymore...Some of you guys sound like some that come to my shop and are shocked that they cant get a rebuild engine for their model A or T for what they paid 40 years ago..Go figure.
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  • toad67toad67 Member Posts: 13,008 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Ditch-Runner
    its hard to win when some one with $$ is determined to win even they over pay its the "WIN" and the " will lot loose" and "I will show them " personality driving them


    now get back in there and Bid [}:)][}:)] [:D][:D]


    Are you bidding against Guvcheese??[;)][:D]
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  • Ditch-RunnerDitch-Runner Member Posts: 25,387 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Oh heck no
    I have a bid limiter here in the house called a wife [:D]
    I was just adding fuel [}:)][}:)]

    quote:Originally posted by toad67
    quote:Originally posted by Ditch-Runner
    its hard to win when some one with $$ is determined to win even they over pay its the "WIN" and the " will lot loose" and "I will show them " personality driving them


    now get back in there and Bid [}:)][}:)] [:D][:D]


    Are you bidding against Guvcheese??[;)][:D]
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