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Offline Reptile

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« on: Sun, 29 January 2012, 12:58:46 »
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« Reply #1 on: Sun, 29 January 2012, 13:06:38 »
DONT YOU POST THAT HERE. I WAS ABOUT TO WIN THIS.
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« Reply #2 on: Sun, 29 January 2012, 13:14:44 »
Haha I would be be bidding on it but I just got one :-)
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« Reply #3 on: Sun, 29 January 2012, 13:19:55 »
yeah i still need one, after i THREW ONE AWAY years ago before i knew anything about keyboards
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« Reply #4 on: Sun, 29 January 2012, 13:23:30 »
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yeah i still need one, after i THREW ONE AWAY years ago before i knew anything about keyboards

ouch
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« Reply #5 on: Sun, 29 January 2012, 13:27:46 »
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yeah i still need one, after i THREW ONE AWAY years ago before i knew anything about keyboards

That should be a banable offense.
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« Reply #6 on: Sun, 29 January 2012, 13:31:15 »
yeah yeah. not a day goes by that i dont kick myself for it. which is why i want this one again, so i can lay my nightmares to rest.
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« Reply #7 on: Sun, 29 January 2012, 13:33:52 »
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yeah yeah. not a day goes by that i dont kick myself for it. which is why i want this one again, so i can lay my nightmares to rest.

It's okay.  Several moons ago we gave our Commodore 64, software and perfectly working disk drives (!!! this is the important part...) away to a school.  Then roll around to the early days of ebay and saw what they were going for.  Especially those drives. :(

I guarantee the school sold them and that's what feels the worst about it.
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« Reply #8 on: Sun, 29 January 2012, 13:34:49 »
you may have mentioned it in passing.


i should stop drawing attention to this thread if i actually want this.

oh well too late.
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« Reply #9 on: Sun, 29 January 2012, 15:14:48 »
Aww man, sweet! A SSK! Just what I've always wanted! Totally bidding on this!

(Just kidding. I've sold 3 of these in the last 6 months.)
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« Reply #10 on: Sun, 29 January 2012, 15:31:29 »
Wow, it's from 1987, so its' in great shape for it's age. I'm not going to bid. Gonna be nice and let 500_pts have this one :)
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« Reply #11 on: Sun, 29 January 2012, 15:32:18 »
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Aww man, sweet! A SSK! Just what I've always wanted! Totally bidding on this!

(Just kidding. I've sold 3 of these in the last 6 months.)


HAHAHA... seems like we have any early bidder on it. I expect to see some sniping at the end though.
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« Reply #12 on: Sun, 29 January 2012, 15:32:40 »
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Wow, it's from 1987, so its' in great shape for it's age. I'm not going to bid. Gonna be nice and let 500_pts have this one :)

awfully nice of you :)

we shall see what happens ;P

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HAHAHA... seems like we have any early bidder on it. I expect to see some sniping at the end though.

that bid is me, i might be going out later and unable to avoid late bid snipes, so i had to put one in now
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Offline DalaiLameR

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« Reply #13 on: Sun, 29 January 2012, 15:52:08 »
good luck with your bid!
it's such a lovely keyboard
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Offline fohat.digs

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« Reply #14 on: Sun, 29 January 2012, 18:49:22 »
Listen, folks, take it from a guy who has bought and sold hundreds of items for thousands of dollars on ebay:

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DO  NOT  BID !

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SNIPE  ONLY !

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I promise you, that if you decide, in advance, what you are truly willing to pay for an item, and put in a snipe at that price, you are more likely to win, at a lower price, than if you bid the same amount.

There are always exceptions, and ebay will always put in the highest bid AFTER the highest snipe, but making a formal public bid is simply the same as "showing your hand" in a card game.

Trust me. Try it 10 times each way, controlled, scientifically.

Heck, prove me wrong, if you can. But I do not believe that you can.

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PS - on any item that I, personally, am bidding on, disregard the above advice and put in your maximum bid as early as possible.
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Offline maoiste

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« Reply #15 on: Sun, 29 January 2012, 19:22:03 »
Is stating obvious facts in an overly dramatic manner considered trolling ?
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Offline dorkvader

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« Reply #16 on: Sun, 29 January 2012, 20:05:04 »
Quote from: maoiste;502687
Is stating obvious facts in an overly dramatic manner considered trolling ?
I wouldn't say it's "obvious" especially from experience: It happens so frequently! Foghat.Digs' heart is in the right place.

My method is to wait for it to fail to sell (with no bids) and contact the seller later for low prices.
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Offline litster

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« Reply #17 on: Mon, 30 January 2012, 02:23:24 »
Trolling?  fohat is putting money in noobs' pockets!
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Offline 500_pts

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« Reply #18 on: Mon, 30 January 2012, 11:09:02 »
yeah i simply didnt have the time or means to snipe, lost the bid by 12 bucks
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« Reply #19 on: Mon, 30 January 2012, 11:21:19 »
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« Reply #20 on: Mon, 30 January 2012, 18:28:42 »
Quote from: maoiste;502687
Is stating obvious facts in an overly dramatic manner considered trolling ?

It is when the person who bid said:
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that bid is me, i might be going out later and unable to avoid late bid snipes, so i had to put one in now
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« Reply #21 on: Mon, 30 January 2012, 19:31:58 »
go to auctionsniper.com and just sign up.

I think that you may have to put up maybe $5 (via Paypal) to open an account, but you only get dinged for "pennies" and only when you win. Or you may even get your first couple of snipes free.

seriously, unlike everything ebay/Paypal where they bloodsuck the seller dry every time a transaction goes through, Auction Sniper is dirt cheap and very reliable.

I put in $5 about once or twice a year and that usually covers me fine.

it is a serious bargain and your only defense against the ebay/Paypal juggernaut.

Or not.

just bid the old-fashioned way and keep losing and/or paying too much. no point in staying pure when everybody else is gaming the system.
« Last Edit: Mon, 30 January 2012, 19:38:18 by fohat.digs »
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"However, even though I was born in the Mesozoic, I do know what anyone who wants to reach out to young people should say: Billionaires took your money. They took your chance to buy a home. They took your chance at a good education. They stole your opportunities. Billionaires took the things you want in life. If you really want those things, you have to take them back.
That's the message. That's the whole message. Say that every day, not just to reach America's frustrated young white men, but people of every age, race, and gender.
Late-stage capitalism is a wealth-concentration engine, focused on vacuuming up every dollar and putting it in as few hands as possible. Republicans are helping that vacuum suck.
How does a tiny fraction of the population get away with this? They do it by dividing the other 99% of Americans against themselves."
- Marc Sumner 2025-05-30

Offline Autolyze

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« Reply #22 on: Tue, 31 January 2012, 19:18:09 »
Oh, wow. This is actually the one that my brother bought for me. Sorry, 500_pts.
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« Reply #23 on: Tue, 31 January 2012, 19:25:53 »
Hmm, I snipe manually and have never failed :)
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