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Nebraska Cowman

06-30-2005 07:29:54




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Better to be a winning bidder than a whining bidder. Sold two large items yesterday and back bidders on both items have emailed me wanting to buy if buyer backs out. Well I have been in contact with both winners and they are happy with their purchases. The moral of the story is bid early and bid high if you expect to win.




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jayw

06-30-2005 17:58:59




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 Re: Winning bidder O/T in reply to Nebraska Cowman, 06-30-2005 07:29:54  
Kinda works both ways here lately I have bid on items and lost which is okay. But then the next day I am contacted by someone wanting too sell me the same item without listing it on ebay.Just happened yesterday with some China the wife was wanting.



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Paul in Mich

06-30-2005 16:53:22




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 Re: Winning bidder O/T in reply to Nebraska Cowman, 06-30-2005 07:29:54  
Cowman, Thats what I call "Free Enterprise" at its finest. The firstest with the mostest becomes the proud owner, while the seller knows what his product sold for whatever the traffic would bear. Works every time.



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RustyFarmall

06-30-2005 10:05:18




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 Re: Winning bidder O/T in reply to Nebraska Cowman, 06-30-2005 07:29:54  
Cowman, I agree with you 100%. This practice of waiting until the last few minutes to place your bid is for the birds. If you want it, bid on it when you first see it. Lately I"ve had a few items that never recieved a bid, was contacted later by someone making an offer on the item. I replied that if they wanted it, they should have bid on it before it expired.



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Nat

06-30-2005 08:17:18




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 Re: Winning bidder O/T in reply to Nebraska Cowman, 06-30-2005 07:29:54  
Just because they contact you after the fact, they're "whining?" How's that work?



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Nebraska Cowman

06-30-2005 09:04:01




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 Re: Winning bidder O/T in reply to Nat, 06-30-2005 08:17:18  
Maybe I didn't say that right. I don't want to offend anyone but if you are bidding on an item that is out there for all the world to see you can't hold back cuz somebody is going to beat you out at the last minute and it won't be anybody's fault but your own. I feel bad when guys don't see an item until after it is sold but both these guys had seen it.



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Dick Davis

07-01-2005 02:31:37




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 Re: Winning bidder O/T in reply to Nebraska Cowman, 06-30-2005 09:04:01  
My frustration with on line auctions is not having the ability/desire/mind set to be on line at the very end of the auction and out type the competetion. More than once I've bid early and it stood for days and then in the last 2 minutes there were multiple bids from multiple bidders. Looks like if you have things to do on other than the 'puter you're not in the game. My nickel Dick Davis



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Pharmall

07-01-2005 06:11:00




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 Re: Winning bidder O/T in reply to Dick Davis, 07-01-2005 02:31:37  
Only way around that is to bid as much as you are willing to pay for an item. If the last minute bids are lower, you'll win.



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Nat

06-30-2005 12:30:25




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 Re: Winning bidder O/T in reply to Nebraska Cowman, 06-30-2005 09:04:01  
Still doesn't make any sense... So what if they contacted you after the fact?

The reason I wonder is because I will occasionally contact the seller under these circumstances and offer to buy at the winning bid if the original buyer turns out to be a deadbeat. It's not "sour grapes" because I lost. It's because the item wasn't worth more to me than the winning bidder paid.



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n9lhm

06-30-2005 09:10:46




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 Re: Winning bidder O/T in reply to Nebraska Cowman, 06-30-2005 09:04:01  
What's the percentage of high bidders that don't pay? If I was the seller and the high bidder crapped out, I would consider selling it to the next lowest if his bid was close. It would save me the trouble of relisting it. Brian



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Jay (ND)

06-30-2005 07:34:42




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 Re: Winning bidder O/T in reply to Nebraska Cowman, 06-30-2005 07:29:54  
There was a large farm auction up here on Tuesday. I heard it a dozen times already "That tractor went cheap, I should have bought it". Yep, maybe so, but then again, you don't know how high the guy that won the tractor would go either. It was all out of my price range - one of his smaller tractors went for $65k - way to pretty for me to be on the seat of.



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Bill in NC

06-30-2005 09:14:27




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 Re: Winning bidder O/T in reply to Jay (ND), 06-30-2005 07:34:42  
Jay, what kind of "smaller" tractor sold for 65K?



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Jay (ND)

06-30-2005 11:57:07




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 Re: Winning bidder O/T in reply to Bill in NC, 06-30-2005 09:14:27  
Case MX190
He had some older smaller ones too, but it's still a lot smaller than a 8970 JD and a Cat 85D.

Everybody up here farms big - my C and M won't even make a rock picking tractor for most these guys :)



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